The Bransfield current system

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 390-402

  Sangrà, Pablo ^a   Gordo, Carmen ^a   Hernández Arencibia, Mónica ^a   Marrero Díaz, Angeles ^a   Rodríguez Santana, Angel ^a   Stegner, Alexander ^b,c   Martínez Marrero, Antonio ^a   Pelegrí, Josep L ^d   Pichon, Thierry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c ENSTA PARISTECH   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anticylonic eddies; Bransfield Current; Bransfield Strait; Circumpolar Deep Water; Gravity current

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTICYLONIC EDDIES; BRANSFIELD STRAIT; CONNECTED COMPONENT; DEEP WATER; GRAVITY CURRENTS; MESOSCALE VARIABILITY; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

GRAVITY WAVES;

ANTICYCLONE; BAROCLINIC MOTION; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; GRAVITY ANOMALY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MESOSCALE MOTION;

ANTARCTICA; BRANSFIELD STRAIT; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 79952897557     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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