Control of salinity on the mixed layer depth in the world ocean: 1. General description

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  de Boyer Montégut, Clément ^a   Mignot, Juliette ^b   Lazar, Alban ^b   Cravatte, Sophie ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINE WATER; TROPICS;

CLIMATOLOGY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL OCEAN; MIXED LAYER; OCEAN BASIN; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SALINITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); LABRADOR SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 34250628182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003953     Document Type: Article

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