Mean circulation and hydrography in the Ross Sea sector, Southern Ocean: Representation in numerical models

Antarctic Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 533-558

  Rickard, Graham J ^a   Roberts, Malcolm J ^b   Williams, Michael J M ^a   Dunn, Alistair ^a   Smith, Murray H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; coastal currents; gyre transport; modelling; sea ice; validation

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CLIMATE MODELING; COASTAL CURRENT; DENSE WATER; FISHING; GYRE; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOLUTION; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77958477199     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102010000246     Document Type: Article

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