A 6 year record of baroclinic transport variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar current at 140°E derived from expendable bathythermography and altimeter measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Rintoul, Stephen R ^a   Sokolov, Serguei ^a   Church, John ^a  

^a ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Baroclinic transport; Interannual variability; Satellite altimeter; XBT

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0037110270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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