Seasonal and interannual variations of the upper ocean energetics between Tasmania and Antarctica

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 339-356

  Morrow, Rosemary ^a   Brut, Aurore ^a,b   Chaigneau, Alexis ^a  

^a CNES   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Eddy heat flux; Eddy kinetic energy; Southern Ocean; XBT data

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; ENTHALPY; KINETIC ENERGY; SATELLITES;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EDDY; HEAT FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEANIC FRONT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0242318404     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(03)00015-3     Document Type: Article

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