Evolution of the deep and bottom waters of the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean during 1995-2005

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3327-3343

  Meredith, Michael P ^a   Naveira Garabato, Alberto C ^b   Gordon, Arnold L ^c   Johnson, Gregory C ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; DEEP OCEANS; DEEP WATERS; DENSE WATERS; DOMINANT POINTS; GLOBAL OCEANS; INTER-ANNUAL VARIATIONS; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURES; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WEDDELL SEA; WORLD OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; BOTTOM WATER; DEEP WATER; DENSE WATER; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL OCEAN; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 48749089941     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI2238.1     Document Type: Article

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