Impact of atmospheric forcing on Antarctic continental shelf water masses

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 920-940

  Petty, Alek A ^a   Feltham, Daniel L ^b   Holland, Paul R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Continental shelf slope; Ocean models; Oceanic mixed layer; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; CONTINENTAL SHELF/SLOPE; OCEAN MODEL; OCEANIC MIXED LAYERS;

OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINE WATER; SEA ICE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP WATER; MIXED LAYER; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTICA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84878965435     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0172.1     Document Type: Article

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