The linear models of the ACC

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 139-157

  LaCasce, J H ^a   Isachsen, P E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; BAROTROPIC; BAROTROPIC MODELS; BOTTOM FRICTION; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CLOSED CONTOURS; CONTOUR INTEGRALS; DRAKE PASSAGE; LATERAL MIXING; LINEAR MODEL; SURFACE HEIGHT; THERMOHALINE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

DRAG;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; BAROTROPIC MOTION; CIRCULATION MODELING; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; EDDY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; DRAKE PASSAGE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77949300804     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2009.11.002     Document Type: Review

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