Eddy-mediated transport of warm Circumpolar Deep Water across the Antarctic Shelf Break

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 432-440

  Stewart, Andrew L ^a   Thompson, Andrew F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic bottom water; Antarctic slope front; Circumpolar Deep Water; Mesoscale eddies

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ANTARCTIC SLOPE FRONT; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEEP WATER; DENSE ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATERS; EDDY HEAT TRANSPORT; MESOSCALE EDDY; TRANSPORT OF HEAT;

CHARGE DENSITY WAVES;

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EDDY; HEAT TRANSFER; SHELF BREAK; WATER MASS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84923551852     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062281     Document Type: Article

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