Why does reemergence of winter sea surface temperature anomalies not occur in eastern mode water areas?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2005, Pages

  Sugimoto, Shusaku ^a   Hanawa, Kimio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; WIND STRESS;

BUOYANCY FLUX; MODE WATER THICKNESS; WATER COLUMN; WATER PROPERTIES; WINTER MIXED LAYER DEPTH;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANOMALY; BUOYANCY; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

EID: 25844434673     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022968     Document Type: Article

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