Antarctic intermediate water circulation and variability in a coupled climate model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2160-2179

  Santoso, Agus ^a   England, Matthew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION; WATER;

CLIMATE MODELS; FRESHWATER FLUXES; WATER CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; HEAT BALANCE; INTERMEDIATE WATER; SALINITY;

OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 8744257549     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<2160:AIWCAV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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