Southern Ocean Southern Ocean The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean or the Austral Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica. As such, it is regarded as the fourth-largest of the five principal oceanic divisions: smaller than the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans but larger than the Arctic Ocean. This ocean zone is where cold, northward flowing waters from the Antarctic mix with warmer subantarctic waters. By way of his voyages in the 1770s, Captain James Cook proved that waters encompassed the southern latitudes of the
World Ocean Circulation Experiment follows. Major elements of the WOCE Field Program This list, though not comprehensive, outlines a sampling of the most highly cited articles and books resulting from the WOCE. A. Ganachaud & C. Wunsch Eds. Gerold Siedler, John Gould & John Church D. Stammer, C. Wunsch, R. Giering, C. Eckert, P. Heimbach, J. Marotzke, A. Adcroft, C. N. Hill, J. Marshall A. Ganachaud A. Ganachaud, Carl Wunsch S. E. Wijffels, J. M. Toole, R. Davis World Ocean Circulation Experiment The World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) was a component of the international World Climate Research Program, and aimed to establish the role