Baroclinic transport variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current south of Australia (WOCE repeat section SR3)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C2, 2001, Pages 2815-2832

  Rintoul, Stephen R ^a   Sokolov, Serguei ^a  

^a ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0035084444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc900107     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Bindoff, N. L., M. J. Warner, and M. A. Rosenberg, On the circulation of the waters over the Antarctic continental slope and rise between 80° and 150° E, Deep Sea Res., Part II, 47, 2299-2326, 2000.
2. Botnikov, V. N., Geographical position of the Antarctic convergence zone in the Pacific Ocean, Sou. Antarct. Exped. Inf. Bull., Engl. Trans., 4, 324-327, 1963.
3. Broecker, W. J., The great ocean conveyor, Oceanography, 4, 79-89, 1991.
4. Coachman, L., and K. Aagaard, Transports through Bering Strait: Annual and interannual variability, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 15,535-15,539, 1988.
5. Cresswell, G. R., A. Frische, J. Peterson, and D. Quadfasel, Circulation in the Timor Sea, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 14,379-14,389, 1993.
6. Davis, R. E., Preliminary results from directly measuring middepth circulation in the tropical and South Pacific, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 24,619-24,639, 1998.
7. Davis, R. E., D. C. Webb, L. A. Regier, and J. Dufour, The autonomous Lagrangian circulation explorer (ALACE), J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 9, 264-285, 1992.
8. De Ruijter, W. P. M., and D. B. Boudra, The wind-driven circulation in the South Atlantic-Indian Ocean, I, Numerical experiments in a one-layer model, Deep Sea Res., Part A, 32, 557-574, 1985.
9. Fahrbach, E., G. Rohardt, M. Schroder, and V. Strass, Transport and structure of the Weddell Gyre, Ann. Geophys., 12, 840-855, 1994.
10. Ganachaud, A. S., Large scale oceanic circulation and fluxes of freshwater, heat, nutrients and oxygen, Ph.D. thesis, Mass. Inst. of Tech. - Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. Joint Program, Cambridge, 1999.
11. Georgi, D. T., and J. M. Toole, The Antarctic Circumpolar Current and the oceanic heat and freshwater budgets, J. Mar. Res., 40 suppl., 183-197, 1982.
12. Gordon, A. L., Interocean exchange of thermocline water, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 5037-5046, 1986.
13. Gordon, A. L., and E. J. Molinelli, Southern Ocean Atlas, 200 pp., Columbia Univ. Press, New York, 1982.
14. Gouretski, V., and K. Jancke, A new world ocean climatology: Objective analysis on neutral surfaces, WOCE Rep. 256/17, World Ocean Circ. Exp. Hydrogr. Prog. Spec. Anal. Cent., Hamburg, Germany, 1998.
15. Heil, P., and I. Allison, The pattern and variability of Antarctic sea-ice drift in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific sectors, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 15,789-15,802, 1999.
16. Heywood, K. J., M. D. Sparrow, J. Brown, and R. R. Dickson, Frontal structure and Antarctic Bottom Water Flow through the Princess Elizabeth Trough, Antarctica, Deep Sea Res., Part I, 46, 1181-1200, 1999.
17. Jackett, D. R., and T. J. McDougall, A neutral density variable for the World's Oceans, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 237-263, 1997.
18. Jacobs, S. S., On the nature and significance of the Antarctic Slope Front, Mar. Chem., 35, 9-24, 1991.
19. Kalnay, E., and et al., The NCEP/NCAR 40-year reanalysis project, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 77, 347-471, 1996.
20. Macdonald, A. M., The global ocean circulation: A hydrographic estimate and regional analysis, Prog. Oceanog., 41, 281-382, 1998.
21. Meyers, G., R. J. Bailey, and A. P. Worby, Geostrophic transport of Indonesian throughflow, Deep Sea Res., Part I, 42, 1163-1174, 1995.
22. Nowlin, W. D. J., and M. Clifford, The kinematic and thermohaline zonation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current at Drake Passage, J. Mar. Res., 40 suppl., 481-507, 1982.
23. Orsi, A. H., T. W. Whitworth III, and W. D. Nowlin Jr., On the meridional extent and fronts of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, Deep Sea Res., Part I, 42, 641-673, 1995.
24. Peterson, R. G., On the transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current through Drake Passage and its relation to wind, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 13,993-14,004, 1988.
25. Reid, J., and W. D. Nowlin Jr., Transport of water through Drake Passage, Deep-Sea Res. Oceanog. Abstr., 18, 51-64, 1971.
26. Rintoul, S. R., On the origin and influence of Adelie Land Bottom Water, in Ocean, Ice and Atmosphere: Interactions at the Antarctic Continental Margin, Ant. Res. Ser., vol. 75, edited by S. S. Jacobs, and R. Weiss, pp. 151-171, AGU, Washington, D.C., 1998.
27. Rintoul, S. R., and J. L. Bullister, A late winter hydrographic section from Tasmania to Antarctica, Deep Sea Res., Part I, 46, 1417-1454, 1999.
28. Rintoul, S. R., J.-R. Donguy, and D. H. Roemmich, Seasonal evolution of upper ocean thermal structure between Tasmania and Antarctica, Deep Sea Res., Part I, 44, 1185-1202, 1997.
29. Robbins, P. E., and J. M. Toole, The dissolved silica budget as a constraint on the meridional overturning circulation of the Indian Ocean, Deep Sea Res., Part I, 44, 879-906, 1997.
30. Rosenberg, M., R. Eriksen, and S. Rintoul, Aurora Australis marine science cruise AU9309/AU9391: Oceanographic field measurements and analysis, Res. Rep. 2, 103 pp., Antarct. Coop. Res. Cent., Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1995a.
31. Rosenberg, M., R. Eriksen, S. Bell, N. Bindoff, and S. Rintoul, Aurora Australis marine science cruise AU9407: Oceanographic field measurements and analysis, Res. Rep. 6, 97 pp., Antarct. Coop. Res. Cent., Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1995b.
32. Rosenberg, M., R. Eriksen, S. Bell, and S. Rintoul, Aurora Australis marine science cruise AU9404: Oceanographic field measurements and analysis, Res. Rep. 8, 53 pp., Antarct. Coop. Res. Cent., Hobart, Tasmania Australia, 1996.
33. Rosenberg, M., S. Bray, N. Bindoff, S. Rintoul, N. Johnson, S. Bell, and P. Towler, Aurora Australis marine science cruise AU9501, AU9604, and AU9601: Oceanographic field measurements and analysis, inter-cruise comparisons and data quality notes, Res. Rep. 12, 150 pp., Antarct. Coop. Res. Cent., Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1997.
34. Schodlock, M. P., M. Tomczak, and N. White, Deep sections through the South Australian Basin and across the Australian-Antarctic Discordance, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 2785-2788, 1997.
35. Sloyan, B. M., and S. R. Rintoul, Circulation, renewal and modification of Antarctic mode and intermediate water, J. Phys. Oceanogr., in press, 2000a.
36. Sloyan, B. M., and S. R. Rintoul, The Southern Ocean limb of the global deep overturning circulation, J. Phys. Oceanogr., in press, 2000b.
37. Sokolov, S., and S. R. Rintoul, Some remarks on interpolation of nonstationary oceanographic fields, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 16, 1434-1449, 1999.
38. Sokolov, S., and S. R. Rintoul, Circulation and water masses along WOCE section P11: Papua New Guinea to Tasmania, J. Mar. Res., 58, 223-268, 2000.
39. Tchernia, P., and P. F. Jeannin, Quelques aspects de la circulation oceanique Antarctique reveles par l'observation de la derive d'icebergs, Rep. 3, 92 pp., Cent. Natl. d'Etud. Spatiales, Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat., Paris, 1983.
40. Toole, J. M., and B. Warren, A hydrographic section across the subtropical South Indian Ocean, Deep Sea Res., Part I, 40, 1973-2019, 1993.
41. White, W. B., and N. J. Cherry, Influence of the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave upon New Zealand temperature and precipitation during autumn-winter, J. Clim., 12, 960-976, 1998.
42. White, W. B., and R. Peterson, An Antarctic Circumpolar Wave in surface pressure, wind, temperature and sea ice extent, Nature, 380, 699-702, 1996.
43. Whitworth, T., III, Zonation and geostrophic flow of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current at Drake Passage, Deep Sea Res., Part A, 27, 497-507, 1980.
44. Whitworth, T., III, Monitoring the net transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current at Drake Passage, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 13, 2045-2057, 1983.
45. Whitworth, T., III, and R. G. Peterson, The volume transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current from three-year bottom pressure measurements, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 15, 810-816, 1985.
46. Whitworth, T., III, W. D. Nowlin Jr., and S. J. Worley, The net transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current through Drake Passage, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 12, 960-971, 1982.
47. Whitworth, T., III, A. H. Orsi, S.-J. Kim, W. D. Nowlin Jr., and R. A. Locarnini, Water masses and mixing near the Antarctic Slope Front, in Ocean, Ice and Atmosphere: Interactions at the Antarctic Continental Margin, Ant. Res. Ser., vol. 75, edited by S. S. Jacobs, and R. Weiss, pp. 1-27, AGU, Washington, D.C., 1998.
48. Wyrtki, K., The flow of water into the deep sea basins of the western South Pacific Ocean, Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res., 12, 1-16, 1961.
49. Wyrtki, K., The subsurface water masses in the western South Pacific Ocean, Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res., 13, 18-47, 1962.
50. Yaremchuk, M. I., N. L. Bindoff, J. Schröter, D. Nechaev, and S. R. Rintoul, On the zonal and meridional circulation and ocean transports between Tasmania and Antarctica, J. Geophys. Res., this issue.