Latitudinal dependence of diapycnal diffusivity in the thermocline observed using a microstructure profiler

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Hibiya, Toshiyuki ^a   Nagasawa, Maki ^a   Niwa, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TIDES;

DIAPYCNAL DIFFUSIVITY; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

PROFILOMETRY;

CIRCULATION MODELING; DIFFUSIVITY; INTERNAL TIDE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PROFILER; THERMOCLINE;

IZU-BONIN ARC; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 39549098367     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032323     Document Type: Article

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