Water mass conversion, fluxes, and mixing in the Scotia Sea diagnosed by an inverse model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2565-2587

  Naveira Garabato, Alberto C ^a   Stevens, David P ^a   Heywood, Karen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COOLING; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEAWATER;

WATER MASS CONVERSION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; MIXING; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SEA;

EID: 1642538275     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2565:WMCFAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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