On the structure and the transport of the eastern Weddell Gyre

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 501-527

  Schröder, Michael ^a   Fahrbach, Eberhard ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GYRE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0032961190     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00112-X     Document Type: Article

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