Variability in hydrographic conditions to the east and northwest of South Georgia, 1996-2001

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 53, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 143-167

  Meredith, Michael P ^a   Brandon, Mark A ^b   Murphy, Eugene J ^c   Trathan, Philip N ^c   Thorpe, Sally E ^c   Bone, Douglas G ^c   Chernyshkov, Pavel P ^d   Sushin, Viacheslav A ^d  

^a Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d Atl Res Inst Mar Fish Oceanogr   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

El Nin o; South Georgia; Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current Front

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA REDUCTION; ECOSYSTEMS; STORMS; WATER;

HYDROGRAPHIC DATA; OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CLIMATE FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HYDROGRAPHY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 9944233617     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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