On the role of mesoscale eddies in the ventilation of Antarctic intermediate water

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 909-925

  Lachkar, Zouhair ^a   Orr, James C ^b   Dutay, Jean Claude ^c   Delecluse, Pascale ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

AAIW; CFC 11; Mesoscale eddies; Southern Ocean; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AAIW; ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATERS; CFC-11; INDIAN OCEANS; MESOSCALE EDDIES; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; PACIFIC OCEANS; PACIFIC SECTORS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

OCEAN ENGINEERING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VENTILATION; WIND STRESS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MESOSCALE EDDY; PARAMETERIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VENTILATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 67349096302     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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