Geostrophic Transport Through the Drake Passage
Abstract
Geostrophic velocity and transport of water in the Drake Passage relative to a newly defined zero reference layer indicate that the circumpolar current is basically north of 59°S, with its axis north 57°S, and that the total volume transport exceeds 200 × 106 cubic meters per second. The calculated geostrophic velocities are consistent with results of descriptive water-structure studies.
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Volume 156 | Issue 3783
30 June 1967
30 June 1967
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1967 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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