Global mapping of diapycnal diffusivity in the deep ocean based on the results of expendable current profiler (XCP) surveys

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Hibiya, Toshiyuki ^a   Nagasawa, Maki ^a   Niwa, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TIDES;

DEEP OCEAN; DIAPYCNAL DIFFUSIVITY; EXPENDABLE CURRENT PROFILER (XCP);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; SURVEYING; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 33645831988     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025218     Document Type: Article

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