Progress of Chinese research in physical oceanography of the Southern Ocean

• Main Authors: Jiuxin, Shi, Zhaoqian, Dong, Hongxia, Chen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2013
• Subjects: Oceans; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Drake Passage; Prydz Bay; Indian; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Polar Science; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2483/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2483/1/A20130202.pdf

Oceanographic surveying has been one of the key missions of the Chinese National Antarctic Research Expedition since 1984. Using the field data obtained in these surveys and the results from remote sensing and numerical models, Chinese physical oceanographers have investigated the water masses, fron...