Enhanced cross-shelf exchange by tides in the western Ross Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 5735-5739

  Wang, Q ^a   Danilov, S ^a   Hellmer, H ^a   Sidorenko, D ^a   Schroter J ^a   Jung, T ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

AABW; cross shelf exchange; HSSW; Ross Sea; tides; warm water intrusion

Indexed keywords

AABW; CROSS-SHELF EXCHANGE; HSSW; ROSS SEA; WARM WATER;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

TIDES;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CLIMATE MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN OCEAN; SALINITY; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL CYCLE;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84887559045     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058207     Document Type: Article

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