Intrinsic variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current system: low- and high-frequency fluctuations of the Argentine Basin flow

• Published in: Ocean science Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 201 - 213
• Main Authors: Sgubin, G, Pierini, S, Dijkstra, H. A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 10.04.2014; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Marine; PS, Antarctic Ocean, Antarctic Circumpolar Current; PSW, Antarctic Ocean, Drake Passage; ASW, Atlantic, Subantarctic Front; PS, Antarctic Ocean; PSW, South Atlantic, Argentine Basin

In this paper, the variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current system produced by purely intrinsic nonlinear oceanic mechanisms is studied through a sigma-coordinate ocean model, implemented in a large portion of the Southern Ocean at an eddy-permitting resolution under steady surface heat and...