Mean-flow and topographic control on surface eddy-mixing in the Southern Ocean

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 69, Issue 4-6, 2011, Pages 753-777

  Sallee J B ^a   Speer, K ^b   Rintoul, S R ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COORDINATE; DIFFUSION; EDDY; JET; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TOPOGRAPHY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84858807710     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224011799849408     Document Type: Article

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