Relative strength of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Relative strength of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

A simple relationship, based on thermal wind balance, is derived that relates the relative strength of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) and Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) to the ratios of three depth scales: the e-folding depth of the global stratification, the depth of ma...

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Main Authors: David P. Marshall, Helen L. Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Stockholm University Press 2017-01-01
Series:Tellus: Series A, Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
Subjects:
ocean currents
volume transports
hydrography
thermal wind
meridional boundaries
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16000870.2017.1338884

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