Meridional Turner angles and density compensation in the upper ocean

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 332-342

  Tippins, Duncan ^a   Tomczak, Matthias ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Density compensation; Subtropical front; Turner angle

Indexed keywords

DENSITY COMPENSATION; EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; EASTERN SOUTH-PACIFIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; PERMANENT THERMOCLINES; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; SUBTROPICAL FRONT; TURNER ANGLE;

TROPICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548739910     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-003-0056-5     Document Type: Article

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