Sensitivity of the ventilation process in the North Pacific to Eddy-induced tracer transport

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1895-1911

  Endoh, Takahiro ^a   Jia, Yanli ^b   Richards, Kelvin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

EDDY-INDUCED TRACER TRANSPORT; OBDUCTION RATES; SUBDUCTION RATE; THICKNESS DIFFUSITIVITY; VENTILATION PROCESS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COUNTERCURRENT; DIFFUSION; EDDY; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MIXED LAYER; MODE WATER; PYCNOCLINE; TRACER; VENTILATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33750902077     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2941.1     Document Type: Article

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