Representation of the weddell sea deep water masses in the ocean component of the NCAR-CCSM model

Antarctic Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-312

  Kerr, Rodrigo ^a   Wainer, Ilana ^b   Mata, Mauricio M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Greenwich Meridian; Modelling; OMP analysis; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; DEEP WATER; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA ICE; SIMULATION; WATER MASS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENWICH; LONDON [ENGLAND]; SOUTHERN OCEAN; UNITED KINGDOM; WEDDELL SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650488729     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102009001825     Document Type: Article

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