Chlorofluorocarbons in a global ocean eddy-resolving OGCM: Pathway and formation of Antarctic Bottom Water

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Sasai, Yoshikazu ^a   Ishida, Akio ^a,b   Yamanak, Yasuhiro ^a,c   Sasaki, Hideharu ^d  

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

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

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; GEOPHYSICS; SEA LEVEL; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION; FLUOROCARBONS;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER (AABW); GREENWICH MERIDIAN; SCOTIA SEA; WEDDELL SEA;

OCEAN STRUCTURES; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; CFC; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; BOTTOM WATER; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS (CFCS); GLOBAL OCEAN; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TWO SECTION; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 6044238208     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019895     Document Type: Article

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