Residual-mean solutions for the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and its associated overturning circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2341-2354

  Marshall, John ^a   Radko, Timour ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WIND EFFECTS;

BUOYANCY FLUXES; GEOSTROPHIC EDDIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BUOYANCY FORCING; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; OVERTURN; THERMOCLINE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0442328713     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2341:RSFTAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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