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Polar oceanography II: Southern Ocean
Author(s) -
Baker D. James
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg017i007p01578
Subject(s) - southern hemisphere , oceanography , polar front , circumpolar star , geology , weddell sea bottom water , physical oceanography , circumpolar deep water , climatology , antarctic bottom water , polar , polar night , water mass , sea ice , thermohaline circulation , arctic , north atlantic deep water , cryosphere , antarctic sea ice , physics , astronomy
The results of experiments started in the Southern Ocean during the past four years have led to a large increase in the number of papers for this report. Long‐term measurements in both the Drake Passage and Weddell Sea have led to new insights into processes in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and polar front zone and into processes of mixing and transport of various Antarctic water masses. A number of theoretical studies on ocean models relevant to the region and studies of air‐sea interaction and southern hemisphere climate effects have appeared.