Influence of the enhanced mixing within the Southern Ocean fronts on the overturning circulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Saenko, Oleg A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; DENSE WATERS; ENHANCED MIXING; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER COLUMN;

MIXING;

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; BASIN ANALYSIS; OVERTURN; TURBULENT MIXING; UPWELLING; VERTICAL MIXING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 48549083122     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033565     Document Type: Article

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