Variability of the subtropical front in the Indian Ocean south of Australia

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 506-519

  Tomczak, Matthias ^a   Pender, Lindsay ^b   Liefrink, Sharon ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Front; Mixing; South Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; THERMAL EFFECTS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; WIND;

SEA SURFACE SALINITY (SSS); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN; SUBTROPICAL FRONT (STF);

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

MIXED LAYER; MIXING; OCEANIC FRONT; SALINITY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 10044246245     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-004-0095-6     Document Type: Article

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