Seasonal variability of the Antarctic Coastal Current and its driving mechanisms in the Weddell Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1927-1941

  Núñez Riboni, Ismael ^a   Fahrbach, Eberhard ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic Coastal Current; Driving mechanisms; Harmonic analysis; Seasonal variability; Time series

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANTARCTIC COASTAL CURRENT; BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; COASTAL CURRENTS; CURRENT SPEED; DRIVING MECHANISM; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; ICE MELTING; POTENTIAL DENSITY; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SVERDRUP TRANSPORT; THERMAL WINDS; THERMOHALINE; WEDDELL SEA; WIND SPEED;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FOURIER SERIES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; ICE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COASTAL CURRENT; CURRENT VELOCITY; GYRE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MELTING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TIME SERIES; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 71849094550     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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