Long-term temperature trends in the deep waters of the Weddell Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 4791-4806

  Robertson, Robin ^a   Visbeck, Martin ^a   Gordon, Arnold L ^a   Fahrbach, E ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DEEP WATER MASSES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; DEEP WATER; LONG-TERM CHANGE; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING;

WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0036406543     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00159-5     Document Type: Article

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