Variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current transport through the Fawn Trough, Kerguelen Plateau

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 114, Issue , 2015, Pages 12-26

  Vivier, Frédéric ^a   Park, Young Hyang ^b   Sekma, Hela ^b   Le Sommer, Julien ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

ACC; Altimetry; Fawn Trough; Jason; Kerguelen Plateau; Southern Ocean; TOPEX Poseidon; Volume transport

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DIGITAL STORAGE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOORING; MOORING CABLES; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ALTIMETRY; FAWN TROUGH; JASON; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TOPEX-POSEIDON; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; JASON; MOORING SYSTEM; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; TOPEX-POSEIDON; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAWN TROUGH; INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; MALVINAS CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84927729465     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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