Interannual variability of temperature inversions in the subarctic North Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Masuda, Shuhei ^a   Awaji, Toshiyuki ^a,b   Sugiura, Nozomi ^a   Toyoda, Takahiro ^a   Ishikawa, Yoichi ^b   Horiuchi, Kazutoshi ^c  

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

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Advanced Earth Science and Technology Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; TEMPERATURE;

EL NIN0-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SUBARCTIC PACIFIC; WATER-MASS PROPERTY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; WATER MASS;

GULF OF ALASKA; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34548018995     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027865     Document Type: Article

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