Generation mechanism of spiciness anomalies: An OGCM analysis in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1003-1018

  Laurian, Audine ^a   Lazar, Alban ^a   Reverdin, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; CENTRAL BASIN; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DECADAL VARIABILITY; DENSITY RATIO; DENSITY-COMPENSATED TEMPERATURES; GENERATION MECHANISM; ISOPYCNAL SURFACES; LINEAR DENSITY; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; MAIN MODE; MIDLATITUDES; NORTH ATLANTIC; PACIFIC OCEAN; REFERENCE DATA; SALINITY GRADIENTS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; SUBTROPICAL THERMOCLINES; SURFACE DENSITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TELECONNECTIONS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TIME-SCALE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPICS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; GYRE; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMOCLINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 67649979711     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3896.1     Document Type: Article

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