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Thermohaline structure of the Antarctic Surface Water/Winter Water in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean
Park, Y.-H.; Charriaud, E.; Fieux, M. (1998). Thermohaline structure of the Antarctic Surface Water/Winter Water in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean. J. Mar. Syst. 17(1-4): 5-23. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0924-7963(98)00026-8
In: Journal of Marine Systems. Elsevier: Tokyo; Oxford; New York; Amsterdam. ISSN 0924-7963; e-ISSN 1879-1573, more
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Le Fèvre, J.; Tréguer, P. (Ed.) (1998). Carbon Fluxes and Dynamic Processes in the Southern Ocean: Present and Past. Selected papers from the International JGOFS Symposium, Brest, France, 28-31 August 1995. Journal of Marine Systems, 17(1-4). Elsevier: Amsterdam. 1-619 pp., more
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Keywords
    Deep water formation
    Ice > Sea ice
    Layers > Core layers (water) > Temperature minimum layer
    Layers > Water column > Surface layers > Mixed layer > Surface mixed layer
    Motion > Water motion > Circulation > Water circulation > Ocean circulation > Thermohaline circulation
    Ocean-ice-atmosphere system
    Profiles > Vertical profiles
    Profiles > Vertical profiles > Temperature profiles
    Surveys > Hydrographic surveys
    PS, Southern Ocean [Marine Regions]; PSE, Antarctic Ocean [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal

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  • Park, Y.-H.
  • Charriaud, E.
  • Fieux, M.

Abstract
    Upper-layer thermohaline structure in the Antarctic Zone between 20° and 120°E has been described and interpreted for its underlying physics, based on two recent summer hydrographic sections along 30° and 62°E, together with historical hydrographic data available in the study area. Spatial property distributions of the surface mixed layer and subsurface temperature minimum layer or Winter Water are closely correlated with the seasonal warming and cooling, wind intensity, seasonal sea ice advance and retreat, and the general circulation in the study area. The Prydz Bay area exhibits the most saline, dense, deep Winter Water and appears as the site with the highest potential for the local formation of deep water of the whole study area, although its circumpolar impact is known to be minor. There is strong evidence that the summertime freshwater input in the Enderby Basin comes mostly from the eastward advection of meltwater originating from the Weddell Basin, along the northern limb of the Weddell Gyre.

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