Authors
Michael P Meredith, Philip L Woodworth, Teresa K Chereskin, David P Marshall, Lesley C Allison, Grant R Bigg, Kathy Donohue, Karen J Heywood, Chris W Hughes, Angela Hibbert, Andrew McC Hogg, Helen L Johnson, Loïc Jullion, Brian A King, Harry Leach, Yueng‐Djern Lenn, Miguel A Morales Maqueda, David R Munday, Alberto C Naveira Garabato, Christine Provost, Jean‐Baptiste Sallée, Janet Sprintall
Publication date
2011/12
Source
Reviews of Geophysics
Volume
49
Issue
4
Description
Drake Passage is the narrowest constriction of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) in the Southern Ocean, with implications for global ocean circulation and climate. We review the long‐term sustained monitoring programs that have been conducted at Drake Passage, dating back to the early part of the twentieth century. Attention is drawn to numerous breakthroughs that have been made from these programs, including (1) the first determinations of the complex ACC structure and early quantifications of its transport; (2) realization that the ACC transport is remarkably steady over interannual and longer periods, and a growing understanding of the processes responsible for this; (3) recognition of the role of coupled climate modes in dictating the horizontal transport and the role of anthropogenic processes in this; and (4) understanding of mechanisms driving changes in both the upper and lower limbs of the …
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