Formation and variation of temperature inversions in the eastern subarctic North Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Ueno, Hiromichi ^a   Oka, Eitarou ^a,b   Suga, Toshio ^a,c   Onishi, Hiroji ^d   Roemmich, Dean ^e  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

SEASONAL CYCLE; SUBARCTIC NORTH PACIFIC; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS;

BATHYMETRY;

HYDROGRAPHY; MIXED LAYER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE INVERSION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34249875419     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028715     Document Type: Article

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