Direct observations of eddy turbulence at a ridge in the Southern Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Ansorge, Isabelle J ^a   Lutjeharms, Johann R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TURBULENCE;

ALTIMETRY; EDDY TURBULENCE; PROMINENT BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; RIDGE; WATER MASSES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOTTOM WATER; EDDY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURBULENCE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 25444470288     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022588     Document Type: Article

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