A seasonal cycle in the export of bottom water from the Weddell Sea

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 551-556

  Gordon, Arnold L ^a   Huber, Bruce ^a   McKee, Darren ^a   Visbeck, Martin ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP SEA; DENSE WATER; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GYRE; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER MASS; WIND VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 77955225248     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo916     Document Type: Article

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