The deep flow in the Southern, Indian, and Pacific oceans

Abstract

As was described in the previous chapter, the cold branch of the THC in the Atlantic Ocean brings the saline core of NADW to the latitude of the southern tip of Africa (≈35°S) from where it can enter the southern Ocean (Fig. 5.1). The NADW core overlies fresher AABW which appears to spread northward from the Southern Ocean into the Atlantic.