Interactions between thermohaline- And wind-driven circulations and their relevance to the dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, in a coarse-resolution global ocean general circulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C6, 1996, Pages 14073-14093

  Cai, Wenju ^a   Baines, Peter G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; OGCM; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 0029807395     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC00669     Document Type: Article

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