Consistent picture of the horizontal circulation of the Atlantic Ocean over 3 decades

Abstract ∘  S. The South Atlantic subtropical gyre exports 17.0 ± - ∘  S into the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. In the North Atlantic, most of the transport is advected northward via the western boundary currents, which reduce their strength as they take part in convection processes in the subpolar North Atlantic, also reflected in the northward progress of mass and heat transport. Deep layers carry waters southward along the western boundary, maintaining similar values of mass and heat transport until the separation into an eastern branch crossing the mid-Atlantic Ridge in the South Atlantic. Abyssal waters originating in the Southern Ocean are distributed along the South Atlantic mainly through its western subbasin, flowing northward up to 24.5∘  N, subjected to an increasing trend in their temperature with time.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Consistent picture of the horizontal circulation of the Atlantic Ocean over 3 decades ; volume:19 ; number:4 ; year:2023 ; pages:1009-1045 ; extent:37 ; Ocean science ; 19, Heft 4 (2023), 1009-1045 (gesamt 37)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Caínzos, Verónica ; Pérez-Hernández, M. Dolores ; Santana-Toscano, Daniel ; Arumí-Planas, Cristina ; Hernández-Guerra, Alonso

Further information

• DOI: 10.5194/os-19-1009-2023
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023071304303483714959
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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