Location and dynamics of the Antarctic Polar Front from satellite sea surface temperature data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C2, 1999, Pages 3059-3073

  Moore, J Keith ^a   Abbott, Mark R ^a   Richman, James G ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; POLAR FRONT; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ANTARCTIC CONVERGENCE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0033557915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900032     Document Type: Article

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