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Antarctic Circumpolar Current: a standalone construct

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Physical oceanography

the eastward current system encircling Antarctica, organized in fronts and linking the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific basins.

In physical oceanography, Antarctic Circumpolar Current refers to the eastward current system encircling Antarctica, organized in fronts and linking the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific basins. This meaning comes from Orsi (1995) in Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.[1]

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References

Orsi, A. H., Whitworth, T., & Nowlin, W. D. (1995). On the meridional extent and fronts of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 42(5), 641-673. https://doi.org/10.1016/0967-0637(95)00021-w

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