Is Ekman pumping responsible for the seasonal variation of warm circumpolar deep water in the Amundsen Sea?

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 132, Issue , 2017, Pages 38-48

  Kim, T W ^a   Ha, H K ^b   Wahlin A K ^c   Lee, S H ^a   Kim, C S ^a   Lee, J H ^d   Cho, Y K ^e  

^a Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amundsen Sea; Antarctic winter water; Circumpolar deep water; Ekman transport; Marginal ice zone; Sea ice drift; Southern Ocean; Surface stress; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EKMAN PUMPING; EKMAN TRANSPORT; ICE DRIFT; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; MIXING; MOORING SYSTEM; POLYNYA; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF BREAK; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROUGH; WIND FIELD; WIND STRESS;

AMUNDSEN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 85002170009     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2016.09.005     Document Type: Article

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