Circulation in Drake Passage revisited using new current time series and satellite altimetry: 1. the Yaghan Basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Ferrari, Ramiro ^a   Provost, Christine ^a   Renault, Alice ^a   Sennéchael, Nathalie ^a   Barré, Nicolas ^a   Park, Young Hyang ^a   Lee, Jae Hak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP CYCLONIC CIRCULATION; DOMINANT MODE; DRAKE PASSAGE; FRACTURE ZONE; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; IN-SITU DATA; LARGE EDDY; MEAN SEA LEVEL; MEAN VELOCITIES; MOORING LINE; NEAR-SURFACE CURRENTS; POLAR FRONT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRIC DATA; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY DATA; SATELLITE DATA; SEA FLOOR; SURFACE VELOCITY; VELOCITY VARIATIONS; WESTWARD CURRENT;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; KINETICS; MOORING; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; TIME SERIES;

VELOCITY;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; KINETIC ENERGY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MOORING SYSTEM; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEAFLOOR; TIME SERIES;

DRAKE PASSAGE;

EID: 84871536038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008264     Document Type: Article

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