Spiraling pathways of global deep waters to the surface of the Southern Ocean

oleh: Veronica Tamsitt, Henri F. Drake, Adele K. Morrison, Lynne D. Talley, Carolina O. Dufour, Alison R. Gray, Stephen M. Griffies, Matthew R. Mazloff, Jorge L. Sarmiento, Jinbo Wang, Wilbert Weijer

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-08-01

Deskripsi

Deep waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans upwell in the Southern Oceanbut the exact pathways are not fully characterized. Here the authors present a three dimensional view showing a spiralling southward path, with enhanced upwelling by eddy-transport at topographic hotspots.