Antarctic Journal—review 1994

One of the objectives of the Palmer Long-Term EcosystemResearch (LTER) program is to characterize the sea onal variations in the horizontal and vertical distributions of tem perature and salinity in the continental shelf waters west of the Antarctic Peninsula. Researchers ' ability to address t...

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Main Authors: John M. Klinck, David A. Smith, Physical Oceanography
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1993
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.634.5317
http://pal.lternet.edu/docs/bibliography/Public/075lterc.pdf
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Summary:One of the objectives of the Palmer Long-Term EcosystemResearch (LTER) program is to characterize the sea onal variations in the horizontal and vertical distributions of tem perature and salinity in the continental shelf waters west of the Antarctic Peninsula. Researchers ' ability to address this objec tive has been limited by the availability of winter hydrographic measurements. Therefore, a late-winter, multidisciplinary cruise was conducted west of the Antarctic Peninsula from 29