The imprint of Southern Ocean overturning on seasonal water mass variability in Drake Passage

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 7987-8010

  Evans, Dafydd Gwyn ^a   Zika, Jan D ^a   Naveira Garabato, Alberto C ^a   Nurser, A J George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drake Passage; in situ observations; Southern Ocean overturning; thermohaline coordinates; water masses

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER; BUOYANCY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OVERTURN; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

DRAKE PASSAGE;

EID: 84915822579     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010097     Document Type: Article

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