Remotely induced warming of Antarctic Bottom Water in the eastern Weddell gyre

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2755-2760

  Couldrey, Matthew P ^a   Jullion, Loïc ^a,b   Naveira Garabato, Alberto C ^a   Rye, Craig ^a   Herráiz Borreguero, Laura ^c   Brown, Peter J ^d,e   Meredith, Michael P ^e,f   Speer, Kevin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AABW; ACC; Cape Darnley; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

AABW; ACC; ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; CAPE DARNLEY; MOST LIKELY; SHELF WATERS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

ALTIMETER; ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; BOUNDARY CURRENT; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; GYRE; HYDROGRAPHY;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84879894466     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50526     Document Type: Article

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