Eddy transport as a key component of the Antarctic overturning circulation

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 879-884

  Thompson, Andrew F ^a   Heywood, Karen J ^b   Schmidtko, Sunke ^b,c   Stewart, Andrew L ^a,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY; HEAT FLUX; ICE SHELF; OVERTURN; SHELF BREAK; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84923596635     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2289     Document Type: Article

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