Project information
KAEMPF, A/Prof. Jochen
Flinders University
Australia (or home country)
Project aim
Descent of dense water from shallow Antarctic shelves into great depths of the ocean contributes to the global deep circulation of the oceans and influences the climate. This project will 1) improve to understanding of physical mechanisms inherent in this descent with the goal to improve climate forecasting models and 2) address factors that control the marine ecosystems on Antarctic shelves and in adjacent deep oceans.
Related publications
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Cascading-driven upwelling in submarine canyons at high latitudes. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2005
(Ref: 12463)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Numerical simulations and laboratory experiments confirm my initial research hypothesis stating that dense water cascading down a submarine canyon induces localised upwelling of deeper water onto the shelf. This process, not described before…