The Weddell Gyre, Southern Ocean: Present Knowledge and Future Challenges

Vernet, María; Geibert, Walter; Hoppema, Mario; J. Brown, Peter; Haas, Christian; Hellmer, Hartmut; Jokat, Wilfried; Jullion, Loïc; R. Mazloff, Matthew; C. E. Bakker, Dorothée; Alexander Brearley, J.; Croot, Peter; Hattermann, Tore; Hauck, Judith; Hillenbrand, Claus‐Dieter; J. M. Hoppe, Clara; Huhn, Oliver; Koch, Boris; J. Lechtenfeld, Oliver; P. Meredith, Michael; C. Naveira Garabato, Alberto; Nöthig, Eva‐Maria; Peeken, Ilka; M Rutgers van der Loeff, Michiel; Schmidtko, Sunke; Schröder, M.; Strass, Volker; Torres‐Valdés, Sinhué; Verdy, Ariane

doi:10.1029/2018rg000604

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The Weddell Gyre, Southern Ocean: Present Knowledge and Future Challenges

Published in Reviews of Geophysics • May 8, 2019

Authors:

María Vernet

Walter Geibert

Mario Hoppema

Abstract

Abstract The Weddell Gyre (WG) is one of the main oceanographic features of the Southern Ocean south of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current which plays an influential role in global ocean circulation as well as gas exchange with the atmosphere. We review the state‐of‐the art knowledge concerning the W...

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Ocean gyre

Circumpolar star

Sea ice

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