Heat fluxes across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage: Mean flow and eddy contributions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6381-6402

  Ferrari, Ramiro ^a   Provost, Christine ^a   Park, Young Hyang ^a   Sennéchael, Nathalie ^a   Koenig, Zoé ^a   Sekma, Hela ^a,b   Garric, Gilles ^c   Bourdallé Badie, Romain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b LEGOS   (France)

^c MERCATOR OCÉAN   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; current meter moorings; Drake Passage; heat fluxes; high resolution model

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AMPLITUDE; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; EDDY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MOORING SYSTEM; RESOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; DRAKE PASSAGE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84927655286     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010201     Document Type: Article

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