Deep upwelling and diffusivity in the southern Central Indian Basin

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 2801-2804

  McCarthy, Mary C ^a   Talley, Lynne D ^a   Baringer, Molly O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY;

DIAPYCNAL DIFFUSIVITY; UPWELLING;

OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN HABITATS;

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; SILLS; UPWELLING;

INDIAN OCEAN, CENTRAL INDIAN BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN, NINETYEAST RIDGE;

AUSTRALIA; BOTTOM LAYERS; HYDROGRAPHIC DATA; REFERENCE VELOCITY; VERTICAL DIFFUSIVITY; VERTICAL VELOCITY; WATER MASS;

EID: 0031277768     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02112     Document Type: Article

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