Meridional Circulation Across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

9529813 MacCready在这个项目中，PI将研究横跨南极绕极流的环流，估计约为ACC环流的1/3。 本研究将调查的纬向环流的敏感性，无论是在强度和深度分布，强迫方面，特别是风应力，浮力通量，底部地形，和源水的可用性，使用现有的，涡分辨，浅水方程数值模式，制定了一系列的等密度层的差异。

9529813 MacCready In this project, the PI will study the circulation ACROSS the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, estimated to be about 1/3 as large as the circulation OF the ACC. It is hypothesized to be due to wind forcing. This study will investigate the sensitivity of the meridional circulation, both in strength and depth distribution, to aspects of the forcing, specificially to differences in wind stress, buoyancy flux, bottom topography, and source-water availability, using an existing, eddy-resolving, shallow-water equation numerical model, formulated as a series of isopycnal layers.