Seasonal cycle of circulation in the Antarctic Peninsula and the off-shelf transport of shelf waters into southern Drake Passage and Scotia Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-30

  Jiang, Mingshun ^a   Charette, Matthew A ^b   Measures, Christopher I ^c   Zhu, Yiwu ^a   Zhou, Meng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Antarctic Peninsula; Circulation; Drake Passage; Elephant Island; Fe; Model; Off shelf transport; Southern Scotia Sea

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; DRAKE PASSAGE; ELEPHANT ISLAND; OFF-SHELF TRANSPORT; SCOTIA SEA;

BOILER CIRCULATION; IRON; ISOTOPES; MIXING; MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; MIXING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT; SHELF SEA; SURFACE LAYER; TRACER;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA SHELF; ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DRAKE PASSAGE; ELEPHANT ISLAND; GERLACHE STRAIT; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84878019526     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.02.029     Document Type: Article

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