On the temporal variability of the transport through Drake Passage

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C10, 1996, Pages 22485-22494

  Meredith, Michael P ^a   Vassie, John M ^b   Heywood, Karen J ^a   Spencer, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CURRENTS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ANTARCTICA, DRAKE PASSAGE;

EID: 0030423813     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC02003     Document Type: Article

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