Winter mesoscale circulation on the shelf slope region of the southern Drake Passage

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 4-14

  Zhou, Meng ^a   Zhu, Yiwu ^a   Measures, Christopher I ^b   Hatta, Mariko ^b   Charette, Matthew A ^c   Gille, Sarah T ^d   Frants, Marina ^d   Jiang, Mingshun ^a   Greg Mitchell, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Drake Passage; Iron transport; Mesoscale eddies; Mixing; Shelf waters; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; DRAKE PASSAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; MESOSCALE EDDY; SHELF WATERS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

IRON; MIXING; OCEAN CURRENTS;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

HYDROGRAPHY; IRON; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OUTFLOW; SHELF SEA; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WINTER;

ANTARCTICA; BRANSFIELD STRAIT; DRAKE PASSAGE;

EID: 84878013782     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.03.041     Document Type: Article

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