Flow variability at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 4743-4766

  Von Gyldenfeldt, Anna B ^a   Fahrbach, Eberhard ^a   García, Marc A ^b,c   Schröder, Michael ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c Generalitat de Catalunya ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; VENTILATION;

FLOW VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEEP WATER VENTILATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTICA; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0036407206     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00157-1     Document Type: Article

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