Seasonal variability of the subpolar gyres in the Southern Ocean: A numerical investigation based on transfer operators

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 655-664

  Dellnitz, M ^a   Froyland, G ^b   Horenkamp, C ^a   Padberg Gehle, K ^c   Sen Gupta, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; GYRE; NUMERICAL METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 72449200609     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-16-655-2009     Document Type: Article

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