Mesoscale eddy effects on the wintertime vertical mixing in the formation region of the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1949-1956

  Pan, Aijun ^a,b   Liu, Qinyu ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources of Fujian Province   (China)

Author keywords

Kuroshio extension; Mixed layer; Mode water; Ocean eddy; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749836896     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/982004-757     Document Type: Article

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