Circulation and transport of water masses in the Lazarev Sea, Antarctica, during summer and winter 2006

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-199

  Cisewski, Boris ^a,b   Strass, Volker H ^a   Leach, Harry ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADCP; Circulation; Geostrophy; Lazarev Sea; Transports; Weddell Gyre

Indexed keywords

ADCP; CIRCULATION; GEOSTROPHY; LAZAREV SEA; TRANSPORTS; WEDDELL GYRE;

DOPPLER EFFECT; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND STRESS;

VELOCITY;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP WATER; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GYRE; WARM WATER; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTICA; LAZAREV SEA; MAUD RISE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 79451470358     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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