Ventilated thermocline strongly affected by a deep mixed layer: A theory for subtropical countercurrent

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1314-1333

  Kubokawa, Atsushi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTERCURRENT; FORMATION MECHANISM; MIXED LAYER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMOCLINE;

EID: 0032713358     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<1314:VTSABA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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