Water-mass transformations in a neutral density framework and the key role of light penetration

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1357-1376

  Iudicone, Daniele ^a,b   Madec, Gurvan ^a,c   McDougall, Trevor J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC APPROACHES; EVOLUTION EQUATIONS; GLOBAL MODELS; IN-SITU DATUM; INTERNAL MIXING; INTERNAL SOURCES; LIGHT PENETRATIONS; MASS TRANSFORMATIONS; NEUTRAL DENSITIES; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEAN WATERS; OCEANIC REGIONS; POTENTIAL DENSITIES; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURES; SHORT-WAVE RADIATIONS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SURFACE BUOYANCY FLUXES; WATER-MASS FORMATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BUOYANCY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; OCEAN ENGINEERING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER MASS;

EID: 55849091422     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3464.1     Document Type: Article

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