§16§This book is dedicated to the analysis of bottom waters flows through underwater channels of the Atlantic Ocean. The study is based on recent observations of the authors, analysis of historical data, numerical modeling, and literature review. For example, studying both the measurements from the World Ocean Circulation experiment in the 1990s and recent measurements reveals the decadal variations of water properties in the ocean.§Seawater is cooled at high latitudes, descends to the ocean bottom, and slowly flows to the tropical latitudes and further. This current is slow in the deep basins, but intensifies in the abyssal channels connecting the basins. The current overflows submarine topographic structures and sometimes forms deep cataracts when water descends over slopes by several hundred meters. The flow of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) is studied on the basis of CTD sections combined with Lowered Acoustic Doppler Profiling (LADCP) carried out annually,and long-term moored m §16§easurements of currents. §This book is a collection of oceanographic data, interpretation, and analysis, which can be used by field oceanographers, specialists in numerical modeling, and students who specialize in oceanography. §04§§Foreword.- Acknowledgements.- List of Abbreviations.- Abstract of the book. Bottom gravity currents and overflows in deep channels of the Atlantic.- Preface.- Chapter 1. Deep Water Masses of the South and North Atlantic.- Chapter 2. General Overview of Abyssal Pathways, and Channels (for Waters of the Antarctic Origin).- Chapter 3. Source Regions.- Chapter 4. Exchange between the Argentine and Brazil Basins; Abyssal Pathways and Bottom Flow Channels (for Waters of the Antarctic Origin).- Chapter 5. Further Propagation of Antarctic Bottom Water from the Brazil Basin.- Chapter 6. Fractures in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge of the North Atlantic.- Chapter 7. Eastern Basin Pathways and Further Propagation of Antarctic Bottom Water in the East Atlantic.- Chapter 8. Passages in the East Azores Ridge.- Chapter 9. Flows through the Northern Channels in the North Atlantic.- Summary of Research and Integrated Conclusions.§ §04§r>§§§§§§
