Southern ACC Front to the northeast of South Georgia: Pathways, characteristics, and fluxes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Meredith, Michael P ^a   Watkins, Jon L ^a   Murphy, Eugene J ^a   Ward, Peter ^a   Bone, Douglas G ^a   Thorpe, Sally E ^a   Grant, Sharon A ^a   Ladkin, Russell S ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluxes; SACCF; South Georgia; SST; Water masses

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; DEEP WATER; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC FRONT;

SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS;

EID: 0042825265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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