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A Wind and Boundary Driven Circulation Model of the Ross Sea
V. COMMODARI AND S. PlERINI................................................................................................................
135
Wintertime Expansion and Contraction of the Terra Nova Bay
Polynya
M.L.VanWoert.............................................................................................
145
Current, Température and Salinity Observations in the Terra Nova
Bay Polynya Area
G.M.R. Manzella, R. Meloni and P. Picco.....................................................
165
Particle Fluxes and Organic Matter
Particle Fluxes at the Edge of the Ross Ice Shelf: The Rôle of
Physical Forcing
A. Accornero, A. Bergamasco, A. Monaco and S. Tucci...............................
177
Actual Sédimentation on the Antarctic Continental Shelf (Southern
Part of the Ross Sea)
S. Tucci, M. Ferrari and M. Capello............................................................
197
Particle Fluxes and Sédiment Characteristics at Three Selected Sites
in the Ross Sea (Antarctica)
M. Ravaioli, M. Frignani, M.C. Gambi, L. Labbrozzi and L. Langone..........
209
General Characteristics of Density-Turbidity Currents in the
Ross Sea (Antarctica)
S. Gremes Cordero and E. Salusti.................................................................
223
Vertical Distribution and Biochemical Composition of Pico- and
Microparticulate Organic Matter in the Ross Sea (Antarctica)
M. Fabiano, R. Danovaro and P. Povero........................................................
233
Meteorological Processes
On the Heat Energy Fluxes in the Non-stationary Surface Boundary
Layer at Hells Gâte, Terra Nova Bay (Antarctica)
S. Ferrarese, C. Cassardo, A. Longhetto, D. Bertoni, R. Forza,
G. Ficca, M. Pangia and R. Purini..................................................................
249
Meteorological Conditions During Snowfall at
Terra Nova Bay (Antarctica)
A. Pellegrini, A.M. Della Vedova, P. Grigioni and L. De Silvestri.............
265