Ocean bottom pressure variability in the Antarctic Divergence Zone off Lützow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 60, Issue , 2012, Pages 22-31

  Hayakawa, Hideaki ^a   Shibuya, Kazuo ^a,b   Aoyama, Yuichi ^a,b   Nogi, Yoshifumi ^a,b   Doi, Koichiro ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Antarctic Coastal Current; Antarctic Divergence; Bottom pressure recorder; Ekman mechanism; GRACE

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; ANTARCTIC DIVERGENCES; BOTTOM PRESSURE RECORDERS; COASTAL CURRENTS; GRACE;

TIME SERIES;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; BOTTOM PRESSURE; COASTAL CURRENT; CORRELATION; EKMAN TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LUTZOW-HOLM BAY; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 81055139550     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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