Antarctic Circumpolar Current response to zonally averaged winds

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C2, 2001, Pages 2743-2759

  Gille, Sarah T ^a   Stevens, David P ^b   Tokmakian, Robin T ^c   Heywood, Karen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WIND FORCING;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0035083863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900333     Document Type: Article

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