Variability of upper ocean heat balance in the Shikoku Basin during the Ocean Mixed Layer Experiment (OMLET)

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 619-627

  Otobe, Hirotaka ^a   Taira, Keisuke ^b   Kitagawa, Shoji ^a   Asai, Tomio ^c   Hanawa, Kimio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heat balance; Heat budget; Heat content; Kuroshio; Mixed layer; OMLET; Shikoku basin

Indexed keywords

HEAT BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; UPPER OCEAN;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0344237088     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOCE.0000009591.44312.37     Document Type: Article

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