Influence of Ross Sea Bottom Water changes on the warming and freshening of the Antarctic Bottom Water in the Australian-Antarctic Basin

Ocean Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 419-432

  Shimada, K ^a   Aoki, S ^a   Ohshima, K I ^a   Rintoul, S R ^b,c,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL ZONE; ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; GEORGE V COAST; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84863892563     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-8-419-2012     Document Type: Article

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