Decadal changes in the south Indian Ocean thermocline

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1575-1590

  McDonagh, Elaine L ^a   Bryden, Harry L ^a   King, Brian A ^a   Sanders, Richard J ^a   Cunningham, Stuart A ^a   Marsh, Robert ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VENTILATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL CHANGES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DECADAL VARIATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MODE WATER; THERMOCLINE;

INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 20544475290     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3350.1     Document Type: Article

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