Hydrodynamics between Africa and Antarctica during austral summer 2008

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 45-57

  Luis, Alvarinho J ^a   Pednekar, S M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Baroclinic transport; Hydrological fronts; Ocean circulation; Ocean atmosphere system; Oceanic convergences; Oceanic divergences; Regional index terms; Salinity data; Southern Ocean; Surface temperature; T S diagrams; Turbulent heat flux; Vertical distribution; Water density; Water masses; XCTD

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; BAROCLINIC TRANSPORT; HYDROLOGICAL FRONTS; INDEX TERMS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; OCEANIC CONVERGENCES; OCEANIC DIVERGENCES; SALINITY DATA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; T/S DIAGRAMS; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER DENSITY; WATER MASSES; XCTD;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; METEOROLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTICYCLONE; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CONVERGENCE; HEAT FLUX; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MEANDER; MODE WATER; OCEANIC FRONT; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND; TURBULENT FLOW; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VORTICITY; WIND VELOCITY;

AFRICA; ANTARCTICA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77956469096     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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