Seasonal variation in circulation and water mass distribution on the Ross Sea continental shelf

Antarctic Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-11

  Assmann, K ^a   Hellmer, H H ^a   Beckmann, A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ice shelf cavity; Numerical model; Seasonal cycle; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER MASS;

ROSS SEA;

EID: 0037218669     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102003001007     Document Type: Article

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