Mixed layer depth climatology of the North Pacific based on Argo observations

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-16

  Ohno, Yuko ^a,b   Iwasaka, Naoto ^a,c   Kobashi, Fumiaki ^a   Sato, Yoshiko ^a,d  

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

^b KISARAZU NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Shinko Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argodata; Mixed layer climatology; Mixed layer depth

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; LATITUDE; MIXED LAYER; SHOALING WAVE; WINTER;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 58149201038     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-009-0001-4     Document Type: Article

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