Water masses and baroclinic transports in the South Atlantic and Southern oceans

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 639-676

  Heywood, Karen J ^a   King, Brian A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0011117907     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224002762688687     Document Type: Article

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