Pathways and effects of the Indonesian Throughflow water in the Indian Ocean using particle trajectory and tracers in an OGCM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2994-3017

  Valsala, Vinu K ^a,b   Ikeda, Motoyoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HEAT CONVECTION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WIND;

TEMPERATURE-SALINITY CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL WIND; THERMOCLINE DEPTH;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MONSOON; OCEAN BASIN; OCEANIC CONVECTION; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SALINITY; SEASONALITY; THROUGHFLOW; UPWELLING; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER MASS; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND FORCING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 34547117853     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4167.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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