Vertical eddy fluxes in the Southern Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 941-955

  Zika, Jan D ^a,b   Le Sommer, Julien ^a   Dufour, Carolina O ^c   Molines, Jean Marc ^a   Barnier, Bernard ^a   Brasseur, Pierre ^a   Dussin, Raphaël ^a   Penduff, Thierry ^a   Iudicone, Daniele ^d   Lenton, Andrew ^e   Madec, Gurvan ^f,g   Mathiot, Pierre ^h   Orr, James ^c,i   Shuckburgh, Emily ⁱ   Vivier, Frederic ⁱ  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^g NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^h Earth and Life Institute   (Belgium)

ⁱ BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coordinate systems; Density currents; Eddies; Meridional overturning circulation; Southern Ocean; Upwelling downwelling

Indexed keywords

CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; DENSITY CURRENTS; EDDIES; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; UPWELLING/DOWNWELLING;

SEA ICE; STREAM FLOW;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

DENSE WATER; DENSITY CURRENT; DOWNWELLING; EDDY; EKMAN PUMPING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; SEA ICE; UPWELLING;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84879004495     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0178.1     Document Type: Article

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