MESOSCALE VARIABILITY IN THE BRANSFIELD STRAIT REGION (ANTARCTICA) DURING AUSTRAL SUMMER

Authors
GARCIA MA LOPEZ O SOSPEDRA J ESPINO M GRACIA V MORRISON G ROJAS P FIGA J PUIGDEFABREGAS J ARCILLA AS
Citation
Ma. Garcia et al., MESOSCALE VARIABILITY IN THE BRANSFIELD STRAIT REGION (ANTARCTICA) DURING AUSTRAL SUMMER, Annales geophysicae, 12(9), 1994, pp. 856-867
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics","Geosciences, Interdisciplinary","Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences
Journal title
Annales geophysicae → ACNP
ISSN journal
09927689
Volume
12
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
856 - 867
Database
ISI
SICI code
0992-7689(1994)12:9<856:MVITBS>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The Bransfield Strait is one the best-known areas of Antarctica's ocea nic surroundings. In spite of this, the study of the mesoscale variabi lity of its local circulation has been addressed only recently. This p aper focuses on the mesoscale structure of local physical oceanographi c conditions in the Bransfield Strait during the Austral summer as der ived from the BIOANTAR 93 cruise and auxiliary remote sensing data. Mo reover, data recovered from moored current meters allow identification of transient mesoscale phenomena.