Downward flow of dense water leaning on a submarine ridge

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1173-1188

  Darelius, E ^a,b   Wahlin A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Dense plume; Density current; Ekman transport; Filchner Overflow; Secondary circulation; Topographic steering; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUBMARINES;

DENSE PLUMES; EKMAN TRANSPORT; FILCHNER OVERFLOW; SECONDARY CIRCULATION; TOPOGRAPHIC STEERING; WEDDELL SEA;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BOTTOM CURRENT; DENSE WATER; DENSITY CURRENT; EKMAN TRANSPORT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SUBMARINE RIDGE; WATER FLOW;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 34250855729     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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