A series of cyclonic eddies in the Antarctic Divergence off Adélie Coast

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Aoki, Shigeru ^a   Fukai, Daisuke ^a   Hirawake, Toru ^a   Ushio, Shuki ^b   Rintoul, Stephen R ^c   Hasumoto, Hiroshi ^d   Ishimaru, Takashi ^e   Sasaki, Hideharu ^f   Kagimoto, Takashi ^g   Sasai, Yoshikazu ^g   Mitsudera, Humio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL;

ALTIMETRY; BAROTROPIC MOTION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EDDY; GEOPOTENTIAL; OCEAN COLOR; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 36549025171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003712     Document Type: Article

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