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Weddell Sea

Pioneering study determines the contribution of the Weddell Gyre to the Meridional Overturning Circulation

Posted: 15 September 2014
The ANDREX team approach the subantarctic island of South Georgia onboard the RRS James Cook

The first study of its kind to quantify the role of the Weddell Gyre in closing the southern limb of the Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) has been conducted by an international team led by scientists based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.