Decadal weakening of the shallow overturning circulation in the South Indian Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 18, 2004, Pages

  Lee, Tong ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

1615 Global Change: Biogeochemical processes (4805); 4279 Oceanography: General: Upwelling and convergences; 4532 Oceanography: Physical: General circulation; 4572 Oceanography: Physical: Upper ocean processes; 4805 Oceanography: Biological and Chemical: Biogeochemical cycles (1615)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; WIND;

SLOWDOWN; TRADE WINDS;

GEOPHYSICS;

DECADAL VARIATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN;

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

EID: 10644242618     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020884     Document Type: Article

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