Transport and variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Cunningham, S A ^a   Alderson, S G ^a   King, B A ^a   Brandon, M A ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic Doppler current profiler; Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Drake Passage; Hydrography; ISOS; Transport

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MODE; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; OCEANIC FRONT; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

DRAKE PASSAGE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0041322539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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