Abyssal circulation around New Zealand - A comparison between observations and a global circulation model

Marine Geology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 221-239

  Carter, Lionel ^a   Wilkin, John ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Global circulation model; New Zealand; Sedimentation; Western boundary current

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION MODELING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032767630     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00205-9     Document Type: Article

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