Decadal ventilation and mixing of Indian Ocean waters

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-37

  Fine, Rana A ^a   Smethie, William M ^b   Bullister, John L ^c   Rhein, Monika ^d   Min, Dong Ha ^e   Warner, Mark J ^f   Poisson, Alain ^g   Weiss, Ray F ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CFCs; Circulation; Indian Ocean; Tracers; Ventilation; Water masses

Indexed keywords

BOILER CIRCULATION; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MIXING; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; STREAM FLOW; TROPICS; VENTILATION;

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATERS; CURRENT FLUCTUATIONS; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIDGE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WATER MASS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; WORLD OCEAN CIRCULATION EXPERIMENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 56349092330     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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