Antarctic Circumpolar Deep Water

E434167

deep water mass water mass

Antarctic Circumpolar Deep Water is a cold, dense, nutrient-rich water mass that circulates around Antarctica at depth, playing a key role in global ocean circulation and climate regulation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Antarctic Circumpolar Deep Water canonical	1
Circumpolar Deep Water	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	deep water mass ⓘ water mass ⓘ
affects	oxygen distribution in the deep ocean ⓘ storage of anthropogenic CO2 in the deep ocean ⓘ
canContributeTo	basal melting of Antarctic ice shelves ⓘ
circulatesAround	Antarctica NERFINISHED ⓘ
circulationPattern	eastward encircling flow around Antarctica ⓘ
circulationTimescale	multi-century timescale ⓘ
density	relatively high compared to overlying waters ⓘ
depthRange	typically between about 2000 and 4000 meters ⓘ
flowsThrough	Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedBy	mixing of Circumpolar Deep Water with shelf waters ⓘ mixing of North Atlantic Deep Water with Antarctic waters ⓘ
formsPartOf	Antarctic Circumpolar Current system NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	ACDW NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasProperty	cold ⓘ dense ⓘ nutrient-rich ⓘ
hasRole	climate regulation ⓘ link between surface and deep ocean ⓘ transport of nutrients ⓘ ventilation of the deep ocean ⓘ
influences	biological productivity ⓘ carbon cycle ⓘ global heat distribution ⓘ
interactsWith	Antarctic ice shelves ⓘ Antarctic sea ice processes ⓘ
isComponentOf	meridional overturning circulation ⓘ
isImportantFor	paleoclimate reconstructions ⓘ understanding future climate change ⓘ
isTrackedBy	temperature-salinity characteristics ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern Ocean ⓘ
partOf	global ocean circulation ⓘ
relatedTo	Antarctic Bottom Water NERFINISHED ⓘ North Atlantic Deep Water NERFINISHED ⓘ
salinityRange	approximately 34.6 to 34.8 PSU ⓘ
suppliesNutrientsTo	lower-latitude surface waters via upwelling ⓘ surface waters of the Southern Ocean ⓘ
temperatureRange	approximately 0 to 3 degrees Celsius ⓘ
upwells	along some continental margins ⓘ in regions of divergence in the Southern Ocean ⓘ
waterMassOriginRegion	around the Antarctic Circumpolar Current ⓘ
waterMassType	Circumpolar Deep Water NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Wind Drift → interactsWith → Antarctic Circumpolar Deep Water ⓘ

Weddell–Scotia Confluence → hasWaterMass → Antarctic Circumpolar Deep Water ⓘ

this entity surface form: Circumpolar Deep Water