Upper ocean thermohaline structure and its temporal variability in the southeast Indian Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 333-347

  Yuan, Xiaojun ^a   Martinson, Douglas G ^a   Dong, Zhaoqian ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric forcing; Interannual variability; Mixed layer; Oceanic fronts; Polar front; Tmin layer; The southeast Indian Ocean (35 70 S,70 110 E)

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ISOTHERMS; WATER;

ANTARTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS (ACC); THERMOHALINE STRUCTURES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC FRONT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 1642567352     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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