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Mean position of the Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current Front in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean
This dataset contains the mean position of the Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current front (SACCF) in the Scotia Sea, southwest Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. The location of the front was determined from analysis of the geopotential anomaly field calculated from quality-controlled potential temperature and salinity data from the World Ocean Database 1998 (Levitus et al., 1998) supplemented by an additional hydrographic profile obtained from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, as detailed by Thorpe (2001) and Thorpe et al. (2002). The geopotential anomaly data were gridded at a horizontal resolution of one quarter degree and spanned the period 1911-1990.
The front position was generated as part of a studentship awarded to SE Thorpe, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council with CASE support from the British Antarctic Survey. The studentship was supervised by KJ Heywood, MA Brandon and DP Stevens.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2017-11-28
- Date (Revision)
- 2017-11-28
- Date (Publication)
- 2017-11-28
- Date (released)
- 2017-11-28
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None
- Unique resource identifier
- https://doi.org/10.5285/833dc1aa-5774-48c2-8d3c-1a1dc0a9858c
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doi
- Unique resource identifier
- GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01046
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Please cite this item as: Thorpe, S., Heywood, K., Brandon, M., & Stevens, D. (2017). Mean position of the Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current Front in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean (Version None) [Data set]. Polar Data Centre; British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council; Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK.. https://doi.org/10.5285/833dc1aa-5774-48c2-8d3c-1a1dc0a9858c
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No credit.
- Status
- Completed
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of East Anglia
Heywood, Karen
Author British Antarctic Survey Thorpe, Sally
Author Open University
Brandon, MA
Author University of East Anglia
Stevens, David
Author NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
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- As needed
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- Completed
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Antarctic Circumpolar Current
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Scotia Sea
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South Georgia
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hydrography
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ocean front
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southwest Atlantic
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- Place
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Scotia Sea Southern Ocean
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southwest Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean Southern Ocean
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South Georgia Southern Ocean
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- Open Government Licence v3.0
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Data released under Open Government Licence V3.0:
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- English
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- Environment
- Oceans
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- Begin date
- 1911-01-01
- End date
- 1990-12-31
- Supplemental Information
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It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.
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European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-11-12
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role European Petroleum Survey Group
Publisher
- Unique resource identifier
- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031
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6.18.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Distributor
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https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show/?entryid=833dc1aa-5774-48c2-8d3c-1a1dc0a9858c Get Data
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Methodology:
The dataset was derived from data contained in the World Ocean Database 1998 (Levitus et al, 1998) supplemented by an additional hydrographic profile obtained from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. Full details of the method used to determine the front position is given by Thorpe (2001) and Thorpe et al (2002).
Data collection:
The dataset was derived from data contained in the World Ocean Database 1998 (Levitus et al, 1998) supplemented by an additional hydrographic profile obtained from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. For full details see Thorpe et al (2002).
Data quality:
Quality control procedures for the data in the World Ocean Atlas 1998 are detailed by Levitus et al (1998). The frontal position analysis in this study required profiles to have measurements from the upper 1000 m of the water column; stations shallower than this, or with insufficient vertical resolution for the study, were excluded.
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- 833dc1aa-5774-48c2-8d3c-1a1dc0a9858c XML
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- English
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- UTF8
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2017-11-28
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ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
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ISO 19115:2003(E)
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
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