Southern Ocean Polar Fronts

The mean and time-varying position of the main Southern Ocean polar fronts has been calculated from a combination of gridded altimetric sea level anomalies and a new climatology of mean sea level constructed from historical data and ARGO T / S profiles.

Date (Publication): 2008-05-01

Identifier: http://dx.doi.org/ / 10.6096/CTOH_POLAR_FRONTS_2013_01

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Universite de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, IRD, CNES

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Oceans

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Reference system identifier: WGS84 / EPSG:4326

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Date stamp: 2026-10-13T15:52:45.511+02:00

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