Distribution of water masses and diapycnal mixing in the Cape Verde Frontal Zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Martinez Marrero A ^a   Rodriguez Santana A ^a   Hernandez Guerra A ^a   Fraile Nuez, E ^b   Lopez Laatzen F ^b   Velez Belchi P ^b   Parrilla, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MIXING; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SHEARING MACHINES;

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION; DIAPYCNAL MIXING; DIFFUSIVITIES; DOUBLE DIFFUSION; FRONTAL ZONES; MAIN PROCESS; NORTH ATLANTIC (NA); SOUTH ATLANTIC; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STRONG MIXING; SUBTROPICAL GYRES; VERTICAL SHEAR; WATER COLUMN (WC); WATER MASSES;

DIFFUSION;

ADVECTION; MIXING; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC FRONT; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE VERDE; MACARONESIA;

EID: 45549091940     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033229     Document Type: Article

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