Compensating transport trends in the Drake Passage frontal regions yield no acceleration in net transport
Abstract Although the westerly winds that drive the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) have increased over the past several decades, the ACC response remains an open question. Here we use a 15-year time series of concurrent upper-ocean temperature, salinity, and ocean velocity with high spatial res...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-11-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43499-2 |