Decadal warming of the coldest Antarctic Bottom Water flow through the Vema Channel

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Zenk, Walter ^a   Morozov, Eugene ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW OF WATER; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEAWATER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ABYSSAL TEMPERATURES; DECADAL WARMING; NEAR-BOTTOM JET;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; BOTTOM WATER; DATABASE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WARMING; WATER FLOW;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 34548600157     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030340     Document Type: Article

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