Distribution of the density ratio in the North Pacific

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Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 149-158

  Shimada, Keishi ^a   Nemoto, Masao ^a   Yoshida, Jiro ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Density ratio; Mode water; Vertical eddy diffusivity; Water mass structure

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DENSITY FRONT; EDDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; MIXED LAYER; MODE WATER; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 44649195665     PISSN: 05031540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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