Residual-Mean Solutions for the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Its Associated Overturning Circulation
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Author(s)
Marshall, John
Radko, Timour
Date Issued
November 2003
Journal
Journal of Physical Oceanography
Publisher
American Meteorological Society
Citation
Marshall, J., and T. Radko, 2003: Residual-Mean Solutions for the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Its Associated Overturning Circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 33, 2341–2354.
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Abstract
Residual-mean theory is applied to the streamwise-averaged Antarctic Circumpolar Current to arrive at a concise description of the processes that set up its stratification and meridional overturning circulation on an f plane. Simple solutions are found in which transfer by geostrophic eddies colludes with applied winds and buoyancy fluxes to determine the depth and stratification of the thermocline and the pattern of associated (residual) meridional overturning circulation.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2341:rsftac>2.0.co;2
