The circulation and water masses of the Antarctic shelf and continental slope between 30 and 80{ring operator} E

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 723-737

  Meijers, A J S ^a,b,d   Klocker, A ^a,b,d   Bindoff, N L ^a,b,d   Williams, G D ^a,c   Marsland, S J ^a,b  

^a ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

AABW; Boundary current; LADCP; Ocean circulation; Slope front

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTIC SHELF; BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FLOWING WATERS; HORIZONTAL SHEAR; HYDROGRAPHIC DATA; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SHELF BREAK; SHELF SLOPE; SHELF WATERS; SLOPE CURRENTS; WATER MASS;

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; SURVEYS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; BOUNDARY CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CRUSTACEAN; GYRE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 77951205256     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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