Direct observations of the ACC transport across the Kerguelen Plateau

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Park, Young Hyang ^b   Vivier, Frédéric ^b   Roquet, Fabien ^b   Kestenare, Elodie ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; DIRECT OBSERVATION; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; NEARSHORES; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CURRENT DIRECTION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TROUGH;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU;

EID: 72149132822     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039617     Document Type: Article

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