Fronts, water masses and heat content variability in the Western Indian sector of the Southern Ocean during austral summer 2004

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 20-34

  Anilkumar, N ^a   Luis, Alvarinho J ^a   Somayajulu, Y K ^b   Ramesh Babu, V ^b   Dash, M K ^a   Pednekar, S M ^a   Babu, K N ^a   Sudhakar, M ^a   Pandey, P C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Heat content; Mixed layer thickness; Oceanic fronts; Thermohaline structure; Water masses; Western Indian sector of the Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; MORPHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MIXED-LAYER THICKNESS; OCEANIC FRONTS; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; WATER MASSES;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ENTHALPY; HEAT TRANSFER; MODE WATER; OCEANIC FRONT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 33750433165     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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