A dynamically consistent analysis of circulation and transports in the southwestern Weddell Sea

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1024-1038

  Yaremchuk, M ^a,b   Nechaev, D ^a,b   Schroter, J ^a   Fahrbach, E ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Oceanography: General (Arctic and antarctic oceanography); Oceanography: Physical (General circulation; Hydrography)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542445161     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-1024-7     Document Type: Article

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