Processes controlling upper-ocean heat content in Drake Passage

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4409-4423

  Stephenson, Gordon R ^a,b   Gille, Sarah T ^a   Sprintall, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic circumpolar current; eddies; heat; Southern Ocean; temperature; variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; OCEAN CURRENTS; TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; EDDIES; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; EXPENDABLE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; VARIABILITY;

ENTHALPY;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BATHYMETRY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT FLUX; MEANDER; MESOSCALE EDDY; UPPER OCEAN;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; DRAKE PASSAGE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84887062294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20315     Document Type: Article

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