Wind-driven transport fluctuations through drake passage: A southern mode

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 8 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1971-1992

  Hughes, Chris W ^a   Meredith, Mike P ^b   Heywood, Karen J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0033373951     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<1971:wdtftd>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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