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    Observations of the Antarctic polar front during FDRAKE 76 : a cruise report

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    Date
    1976-11
    Author
    Joyce, Terrence M.  Concept link
    Dean, Jerome P.  Concept link
    McCartney, Michael S.  Concept link
    Millard, Robert C.  Concept link
    Moller, Donald A.  Concept link
    Voorhis, A.  Concept link
    Dahm, C.  Concept link
    Georgi, Daniel T.  Concept link
    Kullenberg, G.  Concept link
    Toole, John M.  Concept link
    Zenk, Walter  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/2178
    Location
    Drake Passage
    Antarctica
    DOI
    10.1575/1912/2178
    Keyword
     International Southern Ocean Studies; Fronts; Thomas G. Thompson (Ship) Cruise TN107 
    Abstract
    During March/April 1976 the small-scale structure of the Antarctic Polar Front was observed in the Drake Passage. The observations were part of the International Southern Ocean Studies (ISOS) program called FDRAke 76. The purpose of the program was to obtain densely sampled measurements of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and chemical nutrients in the Polar Front Zone (PFZ) and pilot measurements of horizontal and vertical velocities in order to explain the above scalar variability. The PFZ is a region where Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters intermingle and presumably mix to affect the properties of Antarctic Intermediate Water. A report on the third leg of Cruise 107 of the R. V. THOMPSON is presented as well as a description of the measurements and a preliminary report of the data. A feature of interest is the pinching off of a northward meander of the circumpolar current system into a cyclonic ring of Antarctic Waters.
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    Joyce, T., Dean, J., McCartney, M., Millard, R., Moller, D., Voorhis, A., Dahm, C., Georgi, D., Kullenberg, G., Toole, J., & Zenk, W. (1976). Observations of the Antarctic polar front during FDRAKE 76: a cruise report. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/2178
     

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