Modified shelf water on the continental slope north of Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 6186-6190

  Wong, Annie P S ^a   Riser, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic continental slope; Cape Darnley; dense shelf water; ice avoidance algorithm; profiling floats; winter sea ice

Indexed keywords

CAPE DARNLEY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DENSE SHELF WATER; PROFILING FLOAT; WINTER SEA ICES;

SEA ICE;

STREAM FLOW;

ALGORITHM; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; POLYNYA; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SEA ICE; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84889574609     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058125     Document Type: Article

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