o•
386
Abyssal Circulation
South
America
LOWER NADW
AABW
Fig. 7.1.4. Schematic circulation patterns in the lower part of the Atlantic circulation, i.e., in the
lower North Atlantic Deep Water (a) and the Antarctic Bottom Water in the region of the Vema
channel (b) showing the cyclonic circulation in the region east of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge as inferred
by Friedrichs and Hall (1993)
weak, such solutions of the continuous equations for the thermocline which
existed suggested the asymptotic balance (see Pedlosky 1986):
a~
W00 ~ = K az
(7.1.2)
386
Abyssal Circulation
South
America
LOWER NADW
AABW
Fig. 7.1.4. Schematic circulation patterns in the lower part of the Atlantic circulation, i.e., in the
lower North Atlantic Deep Water (a) and the Antarctic Bottom Water in the region of the Vema
channel (b) showing the cyclonic circulation in the region east of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge as inferred
by Friedrichs and Hall (1993)
weak, such solutions of the continuous equations for the thermocline which
existed suggested the asymptotic balance (see Pedlosky 1986):
a~
W00 ~ = K az
(7.1.2)