Project information
TOMCZAK, Prof. Matthias
Flinders University
Australia (or home country)
Project aim
Evolution of Water Mass properties in the Circumpolar Current during 1991 - 1996
The Southern Ocean is the formation region for several water masses of global importance for the earths climate. The project aims at monitoring variations of ocean properties in the formation regions of Antarctic water masses.
Related publications
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Interannual variations of water mass volumes in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Atmospheric and Ocean Science, 2005
(Ref: 12399)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Water mass volumes in the Southern Ocean are evaluated in a section between … Antarctica and Tasmania for the period 1991–1996. Antarctic Bottom Water … consisted of Weddell Sea Bottom Water and water formed along the Ade´ lie … Coast.