Dynamics of the southern ocean circulation

International Geophysics

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 471-492

  Rintoul, Stephen R ^a   Naveira Garabato, Alberto C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Eddy; Overturning circulation; Potential vorticity; Southern Ocean; Water mass change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886433056     PISSN: 00746142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-391851-2.00018-0     Document Type: Chapter

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