Large-scale mass transports, water mass formation, and diffusivities estimated from World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) hydrographic data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Ganachaud, Alexandre ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Circumpolar deep water (CDW); Climate; Diffusivities; Hydrographic; Transports; WOCE

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER FORMATION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; MASS TRANSPORT; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER MASS;

EID: 0141906348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001565     Document Type: Article

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