Time-mean flow as the prevailing contribution to the poleward heat flux across the southern flank of the antarctic circumpolar current: A case study in the fawn trough, Kerguelen Plateau

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 583-601

  Sekma, H ^a   Park, Y H ^a   Vivier, F ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; BAROTROPIC STRUCTURES; EDDY HEAT FLUXES; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; LOCAL OBSERVATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

HEAT FLUX;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; TOPOGRAPHY; TROUGH; UPWELLING; VORTICITY;

FAWN TROUGH; INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84878912083     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0125.1     Document Type: Article

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