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Water Mass Transformations Driven by Ekman Upwelling and Surface Warming in Subpolar Gyres
Description: The Sverdrup relationship when applied to the Southern Ocean suggests that some isopycnals that are deep in the eastern Pacific will shoal in the Atlantic. Cold waters surfacing in the South Atlantic at midlatitudes would be warmed by the atmosphere. The potential for water mass transformations in this region is studied by applying a three-layer planetary geostrophic model to a wide ocean basin driven by the Ekman upwelling typical of the Southern Ocean surface winds. [Source: Journal of Physical Oceanography]
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-14-0251.1
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Source: Journal of Physical Oceanography
Publish Date: 9/1/2015
Reading Level: Expert
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