| Type |
Article |
| Date |
2012 |
| Language |
English |
| Author(s) |
Messager Christophe1, Speich Sabrina1, Key E.2 |
| Affiliation(s) |
1 : CNRS, UMR 6523, Lab Phys Oceans, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
2 : Natl Sci Fdn, Off Polar Programs, Arlington, VA 22230 USA. |
| Source |
Ocean Science (1812-0784) (Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh), 2012 , Vol. 8 , N. 6 , P. 1001-1023 |
| DOI |
10.5194/os-8-1001-2012 |
| WOS© Times Cited |
7 |
| Abstract |
A set of meteorological instruments was added to an oceanographic cruise crossing the Southern Ocean from Cape Town to 57 degrees 33' S during the summer of 2008. The Cape Cauldron, the Subtropical, Subantarctic, Polar and southern Antarctic Circumpolar current fronts were successively crossed. The recorded data permitted to derive the exchange of momentum, heat and water vapour at the ocean-atmosphere interface. A set of 38 radiosonde releases complemented the dataset. The marine atmospheric boundary layer characteristics and air-sea interaction when the ship crossed the fronts and eddies are discussed. The specific role of the atmospheric synoptic systems advection on the air-sea interaction over these regions is highlighted. Additionally, the Subantarctic front mesoscale variability induced an anticyclonic eddy considered as part of the Subantarctic front. The specific influence of this Agulhas ring on the aloft atmosphere is also presented. |
| Full Text |
| File |
Pages |
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Access |
| Publisher's official version |
23 |
21 MB |
Open access |
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