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The Zonal Dimension of the Indian Ocean Meridional Overturning Circulation
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The three-dimensional structure of the meridional overturning circulation (MOC) in the deep Indian Ocean is investigated with an eddy-permitting ocean model. The amplitude of the modeled deep Indian Ocean MOC is 5.6 Sv (1 ...
The Influence of Diapycnal Mixing on Quasi-Steady Overturning States in the Indian Ocean
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A regional general circulation model (GCM) of the Indian Ocean is used to investigate the influence of prescribed diapycnal diffusivity (Kd) on quasi-steady states of the meridional overturning circulation (MOC). The model ...
Evolution of the Deep and Bottom Waters of the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean, during 1995–2005
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Southern Ocean hosts the formation of the densest layers of the oceanic overturning circulation and provides a climatically sensitive element of deep ocean ventilation. An oceanographic section across the eastern Scotia ...
Mesoscale Subduction at the Antarctic Polar Front Driven by Baroclinic Instability
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A study of mesoscale subduction at the Antarctic Polar Front (PF) is conducted by use of hydrographic data from a high-resolution, quasi-synoptic survey of the front. The geostrophic velocity and isopycnal potential vorticity ...