The physics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 469-491

  Nowlin, Worth D ^a   Klinck, John M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995105917     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: 19449208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/RG024i003p00469     Document Type: Review

References (107)

1. Topographically‐induced jets in a zonal channel with application to the Drake Passage (abstract
2. A note on Sverdrup balance in the southern ocean
3. Antarctic Circumpolar Current: Space and time fluctuations in the Drake Passage
4. On the influence of the peripheral antarctic water discharge on the dynamics of the circumpolar current
5. Further investigation of the influence of the peripheral antarctic water discharge of the circumpolar current
6. Model of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in the vicinity of the Macquarie Ridge, in Antarctic Oceanology II
7. The circulation of the world ocean: A numerical study, I, A homogeneous model
8. A global oceanatmosphere climate model, II, The oceanic circulation
9. Poleward heat flux and conversion of available potential energy in Drake Passage
10. The southern ocean
11. Energetic eddies at the northern edge of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in the southwest Pacific
12. Variability of deep flow in the Drake Passage from year‐long current measurements
13. A numerical model for circulation in a homogenous world ocean
14. Statistical reliability and the seasonal cycle: Comments on “Bottom pressure measurements across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and their relation to the wind,”
15. Global mesoscale variability from collinear tracks of SEASAT altimetry data
16. The dynamics of large‐scale, wind‐driven variations in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
17. Interaction of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current with bottom topography: An investigation using satellite altimetry
18. The hydrology of the southern ocean
19. Physical and biological zonation in the Southern Ocean
20. Asymptotic analysis of the Agulhas and Brazil current systems
21. The advective flux of heat by mean geostrophic motions in the southern ocean
22. Some aspects of the dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
23. Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone from Australia to the Drake Passage
24. Baroclinic instability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in the Drake Passage
25. On the estimation of absolute geostrophic volume transport applied to the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
26. Temporal variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current observed from satellite altimetry
27. Oceanographic features revealed by the FGGE drifting buoy array
28. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current and the oceanic heat and freshwater budgets
29. A linear model of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
30. Effects of geometry on the circulation of a three‐dimensional southern hemisphere ocean model
31. Structure of Antarctic waters between 20°W and 170°W
32. Seasonality of southern ocean sea ice
33. Antarctic oceanographic zonation, in Polar Oceans
34. Antarctic Polar Front Zone in the western Scotia Sea—Summer 1975
35. Large‐scale relative dynamic topography of the southern ocean
36. On meridional heat transport in the world ocean
37. Wind gyres in circumpolar oceans
38. Oceanic fronts around southern New Zealand
39. An updated estimate of the wind stress on the world ocean
40. On the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
41. The large‐scale horizontal structure of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current from FGGE drifters
42. A synoptic description of the flow at Drake Passage from yearlong measurements
43. Modal decomposition of the low‐frequency currents and baroclinic instability at Drake Passage
44. A three‐dimensional model of the southern ocean with bottom topography
45. A note on the lateral mixing of water masses
46. Cyclonic ring formation at the polar front in the Drake Passage
47. The anatomy of the Antarctic Polar Front in the Drake Passage
48. Anatomy of a cyclonic ring in the Drake Passage
49. Towards a theory of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (in Russian)
50. EOF analysis of central Drake Passage currents from DRAKE 79
51. Oceanic polar front in the Drake Passage—Satellite observations during 1976
52. Location of frontal systems between Africa and Antarctica: Some preliminary results
53. A statistical analysis of the meso‐scale dynamics of the southern ocean
54. The antarctic convergence and the distribution of surface temperature in Antarctic waters
55. Ergebnisse der Seefahrt des Gauss
56. The interaction of zonal currents with topography with applications to the southern ocean
57. Subantarctic Mode Water
58. The subtropical recirculation of mode waters
59. Equilibrium geostrophic turbulence, I, A reference solution in a beta‐plane channel
60. A description of numerical antarctic circumpolar currents
61. Note on the dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
62. The kinematic and thermohaline zonation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current at Drake Passage
63. Structure and transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current at Drake Passage from short‐term measurements
64. Observations of kinetic energy levels in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current at Drake Passage
65. Observations of principal tidal currents at Drake Passage
66. Methods for making point estimates of eddy heat flux as applied to the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
67. Observations of internal and near‐inertial oscillations at Drake Passage
68. Surface circulation and kinetic energy distributions in the southern hemisphere oceans from FGGE drifting buoys
69. Generation and evolution of a cyclonic ring at Drake Passage in early 1979
70. Observations of current rings in the Antarctic Zone at Drake Passage
71. Time dependent motion in an ocean: A unified twolayer, beta‐plane approximation
72. On the mid‐depth circulation of the world ocean
73. Transport of water through the Drake Passage
74. Available potential energy: A clarification
75. A cyclonic eddy in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current south of Australia; Results of Soviet‐American observations aboard the R/V Professor Zubov
76. Observations of Antarctic Polar Front motions in a deep water expression
77. The nature of the poleward heat flux due to low‐frequency current fluctuations in Drake Passage
78. Spatial scales of temperature and flow in Drake
79. The stratification and water masses in Drake Passage
80. Combined effects of wind stress and topography in a two‐layer model of the southern ocean
81. A survey of ocean current theory
82. Climate characteristics of the Antarctic Polar Front Zone
83. Sea ice, winter convection, and the temperature minimum layer in the southern ocean
84. Model of world ocean circulation, I, Wind‐driven, twolayer
85. Bottom pressure measurements across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and their relation to wind
86. Monitoring the transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current at Drake Passage
87. The volume transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current from three‐year bottom pressure measurements
88. The net transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current through Drake Passage
89. Baroclinic instability in Drake Passage
90. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current and the Antarctic Polar Front
91. Eddy energy in the oceans
92. Solar radiation and sea‐air interaction south of Australia, in Antarctic Oceanology II