Surface heat fluxes and thermohaline variability in the Ross Sea and in Terra Nova Bay polynya

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1887-1895

  Fusco, Giannetta ^a   Budillon, Giorgio ^a   Spezie, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

ECMWF; Heat fluxes; Ice production; Polynya; Thermohaline variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP WATER; HEAT FLUX; POLYNYA; SALINITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; VENTILATION; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TERRA NOVA BAY;

EID: 69249213994     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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