Interdecadal water mass changes in the Southern Ocean between 30°E and 160°E

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Aoki, Shigeru ^a   Bindoff, Nathaniel L ^b,c   Church, John A ^c,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; OXYGEN; SALINE WATER; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE WATERS; CLIMATE MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEEP WATER; HYDROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; INTERDECADAL WATER MASS; NEUTRAL DENSITY SURFACES;

OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINE WATER;

COOLING; DECADAL VARIATION; MIXING; WATER MASS;

OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; HYDROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; INTERDECADAL WATER MASS; NEUTRAL DENSITY SURFACES; RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS; STERIC SEA LEVEL; UPPER CIRCUMPOLAR DEEP WATER;

EID: 21844469015     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022220     Document Type: Article

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