The Polar Front in Drake Passage: A composite-mean stream-coordinate view

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1771-1788

  Foppert, Annie ^a   Donohue, Kathleen A ^a   Watts, D Randolph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Drake Passage; polar front; Southern Ocean; stream coordinates

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BUOYANCY FORCING; CIRCULATION MODELING; COMPOSITE; COORDINATE; GEOPOTENTIAL; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; MIXING; POLAR FRONT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEAFLOOR; UPWELLING;

DRAKE PASSAGE; SHACKLETON FRACTURE ZONE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84960984058     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JC011333     Document Type: Article

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