Southern ocean mixed-layer depth from Argo float profiles

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Dong, Shenfu ^a   Sprintall, Janet ^b   Gille, Sarah T ^b   Talley, Lynne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WIND STRESS;

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER; COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; MAPPING METHOD; MIXED LAYER; MODE WATER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; UPWELLING; WIND STRESS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 51449099684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC004051     Document Type: Article

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