What sets the mean transport through Drake Passage?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C2, 2001, Pages 2693-2712

  Gent, Peter R ^a   Large, William G ^a   Bryan, Frank O ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; STRAIT; SVERDRUP TRANSPORT; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; DRAKE PASSAGE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0035076759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc900036     Document Type: Article

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