A numerical model of the Weddell Sea: Large-scale circulation and water mass distribution

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C10, 1999, Pages 23375-23391

  Beckmann, Aike ^a   Hellmer, Hartmut H ^a   Timmermann, Ralph ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POLAR REGION; WATER MASS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0033569002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900194     Document Type: Article

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