Eddy heat diffusion and Subantarctic Mode Water formation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Sallee J B ^a   Morrow, R ^a   Speer, K ^b  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; SEAWATER; TOPOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA FLUX; EDDY HEAT DIFFUSION; EKMAN ADVECTION; SUBANTARCTIC FRONT; SUBANTARCTIC MODE WATER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EKMAN TRANSPORT; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT BUDGET; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC FRONT; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; THERMODYNAMICS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WINTER;

AGULHAS PLATEAU; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 43549110519     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032827     Document Type: Article

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