The western boundary current in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1244-1252

  Zhou, Meng ^a   Niiler, Pearn P ^b   Zhu, Yiwu ^a   Dorland, Ryan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bransfield Current; Bransfield Strait; Currents; Fronts; Mesoscale; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; AGGLOMERATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; HYDROGEOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SENSORS; WIND;

BRANSFIELD CURRENT; BRANSFIELD STRAIT; CURRENTS; FRONTS; MESOSCALE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC FRONT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ANTARCTICA; BRANSFIELD STRAIT;

AVES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33746332061     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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