On the sources of Weddell Gyre Antarctic Bottom Water

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C1, 2000, Pages 1093-1104

  Meredith, Michael P ^a   Locarnini, Ricardo A ^b   Van Scoy, Kim A ^c,d   Watson, Andrew J ^a,c   Heywood, Karen J ^a   King, Brian A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; GYRE; WATER MASS;

WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0033665265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900263     Document Type: Article

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