cDrake: Dynamics and Transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage
The Southern Ocean is especially sensitive to climate change, responding to winds that have increased over the past 30 years (Thompson and Solomon, 2002) and warming at about one degree per century in the core of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC; Gille, 2002). Drake Passage is a major control...
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| author | Teresa K. Chereskin D. Randolph Watts Kathleen A. Donohue |
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| description | The Southern Ocean is especially sensitive to climate change, responding to winds that have increased over the past 30 years (Thompson and Solomon, 2002) and warming at about one degree per century in the core of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC; Gille, 2002). Drake Passage is a major control point of the ACC. It is a region of high mesoscale variability and complex topography. Eddies are thought to be essential for transferring momentum from the circumpolar winds that drive the ACC down to the seafloor where topographic form stresses regulate its transport. The cDrake experiment was designed to address fundamental dynamics not yet understood regarding wind forcing, eddy-mean momentum, and heat exchange, as well as form-drag interaction with bathymetry (Chereskin et al., 2009; http://cDrake.org). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-75c1e079e6b64c45916e800028b7be552022-12-22T02:14:51ZengThe Oceanography SocietyOceanography1042-82752012-09-01253134135cDrake: Dynamics and Transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake PassageTeresa K. ChereskinD. Randolph WattsKathleen A. DonohueThe Southern Ocean is especially sensitive to climate change, responding to winds that have increased over the past 30 years (Thompson and Solomon, 2002) and warming at about one degree per century in the core of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC; Gille, 2002). Drake Passage is a major control point of the ACC. It is a region of high mesoscale variability and complex topography. Eddies are thought to be essential for transferring momentum from the circumpolar winds that drive the ACC down to the seafloor where topographic form stresses regulate its transport. The cDrake experiment was designed to address fundamental dynamics not yet understood regarding wind forcing, eddy-mean momentum, and heat exchange, as well as form-drag interaction with bathymetry (Chereskin et al., 2009; http://cDrake.org).http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/25-3_chereskin.pdfSouthern OceanDrake PassageAntarctic Circumpolar Current |
| spellingShingle | Teresa K. Chereskin D. Randolph Watts Kathleen A. Donohue cDrake: Dynamics and Transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage Oceanography Southern Ocean Drake Passage Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
| title | cDrake: Dynamics and Transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage |
| title_full | cDrake: Dynamics and Transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage |
| title_fullStr | cDrake: Dynamics and Transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage |
| title_full_unstemmed | cDrake: Dynamics and Transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage |
| title_short | cDrake: Dynamics and Transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage |
| title_sort | cdrake dynamics and transport of the antarctic circumpolar current in drake passage |
| topic | Southern Ocean Drake Passage Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
| url | http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/25-3_chereskin.pdf |
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