Summer hydrography on the shelf off Terre Adélie/George V Land based on the ALBION and CEAMARC observations during the IPY

Polar Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 88-103

  Lacarra, M ^a   Houssais, M N ^a   Sultan, E ^a   Rintoul, S R ^b,c   Herbaut, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ad lie land; Antarctica; Polynya; Shelf water masses

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; BAY; BOTTOM WATER; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROGRAPHY; POLYNYA; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER MASS;

ADELIE COAST; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; GEORGE V COAST;

EID: 79960665844     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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