Observed property changes in eastern South Pacific Antarctic Intermediate Water

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Schneider, Wolfgang ^a   Fukasawa, Masao ^b   Uchida, Hiroshi ^b   Kawano, Takeshi ^b   Kaneko, Ikuo ^b   Fuenzalida, Rosalino ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ARTURO PRAT   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER; EVAPORATION PRECIPITATION BALANCE; WATER MASS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

INTERMEDIATE WATER; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER MASS;

EID: 25444436273     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022801     Document Type: Article

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