In this paper we present a literature survey of the South Atlantic's climate and its oceanic
upper-layer circulation and meridional heat transport. The opening section deals with …

A major accomplishment of the recently completed Tropical Ocean‐Global Atmosphere
(TOGA) Program was the development of an ocean observing system to support seasonal …

Large-scale features of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) are described using all
historical hydrographic data available from the Southern Ocean. The geopotential anomaly …

All available meridional sections have been analyzed to investigate the evolution of main
fronts between 0° and 150° E. The central South Atlantic is featured by the Subtropical …

Changes in upper ocean stratification during the second half of the 21st century, relative to
the second half of the 20th century, are examined in ten of the CMIP3 climate models …

The location of the Antarctic Polar Front (PF) was mapped over a 7‐year period (1987–
1993) within images of satellite‐derived sea surface temperature. The mean path of the PF …

A region of transition of surface water characteristics from subantarctic to antarctic and an
associated eastward flowing Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) have long been …

The availability of new, high-quality, hydrographic data has prompted a re-examination of
the circulation in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. Dynamic topography maps and …

The prospect for describing advection and eddy transport of tracers in the general circulation
using floats is examined. This is done within the context of a recently proposed …

A regional pigment retrieval algorithm for the Nimbus-7 Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS)
has been tested for the Southern Ocean. The pigment concentrations estimated with this …