Mean stream coordinates structure of the Subantarctic Front: Temperature, salinity, and absolute velocity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Meinen, Christopher S ^a,b   Luther, Douglas S ^a   Watts, D Randolph ^c   Chave, Alan D ^d   Tracey, Karen L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

ACC; Antarctic Circumpolar Current; SAF; Southern ocean; Stream coordinates; Subantarctic Front

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CURRENT VELOCITY; OCEANIC FRONT; SALINITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0345415090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001545     Document Type: Article

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