Interaction of the subtropical front with topography around southern New Zealand

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-26

  Smith, Robert O ^a   Vennell, Ross ^a   Bostock, Helen C ^b   Williams, Michael J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Density compensation; Macquarie Ridge; New Zealand; STFZ; Subtropical front; Topographic steering

Indexed keywords

DENSITY COMPENSATION; MACQUARIE RIDGE; NEW ZEALAND; STFZ; SUBTROPICAL FRONT; TOPOGRAPHIC STEERING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BATHYMETRY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; REMOTE SENSING;

TROPICS;

BATHYMETRY; COMPENSATION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DATA ACQUISITION; DENSITY; FRONT; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; TOPOGRAPHY;

MACQUARIE RIDGE; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 84875930476     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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