Southern ocean upwelling and eddies: Sensitivity of the global overturning to the surface density range

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 106-111

  Saenko, Oleg A ^a   Weaver, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; UPWELLING; VERTICAL MIXING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0037266146     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0870.2003.201518.x     Document Type: Article

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