The Antarctic Circumpolar Current in three dimensions

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 651-669

  Radko, Timour ^a   Marshall, John ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUOYANCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WIND STRESS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; BUOYANCY FORCING; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 33745260978     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2893.1     Document Type: Article

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