On the flow of water out of the Weddell Sea

Carmack, Eddy C.; Foster, Theodore D.

doi:10.1016/0011-7471(75)90077-7

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“…As well as feeding the world's oceans by circulating cold bottom water, the Weddell Sea produces some of the coldest deep waters in the world. Weddell Sea Bottom Water is highly influential in the Weddell and Scotia Seas as a stable, dense and extreme cold water mass as low as -1.88°C (Carmack and Foster, 1975;Fahrbach et al, 1995;Smith et al, 1999). Flowing west into the Scotia Sea, bottom water acts as an important counter current to the powerful Antarctic Circumpolar Current.…”

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Plasticity in shell morphology and growth among deep-sea protobranch bivalves of the genus Yoldiella (Yoldiidae) from contrasting Southern Ocean regions

Reed

Morris

Linse

et al. 2013

Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

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Cite this article as: Adam J. Reed, James P. Morris, Katrin Linse, Sven Thatje, Plasticity in shell morphology and growth among deep-sea protobranch bivalves of the genus Yoldiella (Yoldiidae) from contrasting Southern Ocean regions, Deep-Sea Research I, http://dx.doi.org/10. 1016/j.dsr.2013.07.006 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting galley proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. ability to differentially adapt between cold-stenothermal environments. This study suggests that subtle changes in the environment may lead to a divergence in the ecology of invertebrate populations and showcases the protobranch bivalves as a future model group for the study of speciation and radiation processes through cold-stenothermal environments.

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Plasticity in shell morphology and growth among deep-sea protobranch bivalves of the genus Yoldiella (Yoldiidae) from contrasting Southern Ocean regions

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Linse

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“…28, which captures the full range of WDW. WDW is characterized having a potential temperature of more than 0 • C and salinity of more than 34.6 (Carmack and Foster, 1975) or, taking a more conservative approach, neutral density limits of 28 to 28.27 kg m −3 . Figure 28a shows good general agreement with the T − S diagram of Fig.…”

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A gridded data set of upper-ocean hydrographic properties in the Weddell Gyre obtained by objective mapping of Argo float measurements

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Strass

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Abstract. The Weddell Gyre plays a crucial role in the modification of climate by advecting heat poleward to the Antarctic ice shelves and by regulating the density of water masses that feed the lowest limb of the global ocean overturning circulation. However, our understanding of Weddell Gyre water mass properties is limited to regions of data availability, primarily along the Prime Meridian. The aim of this paper is to provide a data set of the upper water column properties of the entire Weddell Gyre. Objective mapping was applied to Argo float data in order to produce spatially gridded, time-composite maps of temperature and salinity for fixed pressure levels ranging from 50 to 2000 dbar, as well as temperature, salinity and pressure at the level of the sub-surface temperature maximum. While the data are currently too limited to incorporate time into the gridded structure, the data are extensive enough to produce maps of the entire region across three time-composite periods (2001-2005, 2006-2009 and 2010-2013), which can be used to determine how representative conclusions drawn from data collected along general RV transect lines are on a gyre scale perspective. The work presented here represents the technical prerequisite for addressing climatological research questions in forthcoming studies. The data sets are available in netCDF format at

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“…2, WSDW is characterised by a potential temperature (y) in the range À0:7oyo0:21C and salinity (S) below 34.70. y ¼ À0:71C was chosen by Carmack and Foster (1975) to differentiate between WSDW, which can overflow the South Solid lines represent neutral density contours at selected water mass boundaries. As neutral density is not only a function of temperature and salinity (but also of pressure, latitude and longitude) these contours are computed by fitting second order polynomials to the entire ALBATROSS data set.…”

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Modification and pathways of Southern Ocean Deep Waters in the Scotia Sea

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Heywood

Stevens

2002

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An unprecedented high-quality, quasi-synoptic hydrographic data set collected during the ALBATROSS cruise along the rim of the Scotia Sea is examined to describe the pathways of the deep water masses flowing through the region, and to quantify changes in their properties as they cross the sea. Owing to sparse sampling of the northern and southern boundaries of the basin, the modification and pathways of deep water masses in the Scotia

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On the flow of water out of the Weddell Sea

Cited by 132 publications

References 6 publications

Plasticity in shell morphology and growth among deep-sea protobranch bivalves of the genus Yoldiella (Yoldiidae) from contrasting Southern Ocean regions

Plasticity in shell morphology and growth among deep-sea protobranch bivalves of the genus Yoldiella (Yoldiidae) from contrasting Southern Ocean regions

A gridded data set of upper-ocean hydrographic properties in the Weddell Gyre obtained by objective mapping of Argo float measurements

Modification and pathways of Southern Ocean Deep Waters in the Scotia Sea

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