A model study of the seasonal variability and formation mechanisms of the barrier layer in the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Masson, Sébastien ^a   Delecluse, Pascale ^b   Boulanger, Jean Philippe ^b   Menkes, Christophe ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXED LAYER; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; WATER MASS;

(TROPICAL); INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0012590442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc000832     Document Type: Article

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