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| Titel |
Passive tracers in a general circulation model of the Southern Ocean |
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I. G. Stevens, D. P. Stevens |
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Englisch
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0992-7689
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In: Annales Geophysicae ; 17, no. 7 ; Nr. 17, no. 7, S.971-982 |
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250013793
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/angeo-17-971-1999.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
Passive tracers are used in an off-line
version of the United Kingdom Fine Resolution Antarctic Model (FRAM) to
highlight features of the circulation and provide information on the inter-ocean
exchange of water masses. The use of passive tracers allows a picture to be
built up of the deep circulation which is not readily apparent from examination
of the velocity or density fields. Comparison of observations with FRAM results
gives good agreement for many features of the Southern Ocean circulation. Tracer
distributions are consistent with the concept of a global "conveyor
belt" with a return path via the Agulhas retroflection region for the
replenishment of North Atlantic Deep Water.
Key words. Oceanography: general (numerical modeling;
water masses) · Oceanography: physical (general circulation) |
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