The features and generation of CWB near the South Shetland Islands in austral summer of 1987

作     者：Li Jinhong Pan Ziqin Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, China 

出 版 物：《Acta Oceanologica Sinica》 (海洋学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：1992年第11卷第1期

页      面：35-46页

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学科分类：07[理学] 0707[理学-海洋科学] 

主　　题：The features and generation of CWB near the South Shetland Islands in austral summer of 1987 CWB 

摘      要：-STD Data obtained from the Third Chinese National Antarctic Research Expedition from January to February 1987 in the region near the South Shetland Islands are used to investigate an oceanic front, continental water boundary (CWB), north of the South Shetland Islands. The characteristics of the CWB in surface and subsurface layers as well as deep layer are discussed respectively. The estimations of the geostrophic currents and the baroclinic deformed radius Rbc in this area show that the flow along the front is in the geostrophic equilibrium approximately, and the formation of the front is mainly due to the strong boundary current north of the South Shetland Islands. Its length along the front is estimated to be about 360 km and its width across the front is about 30 km.