Origin and pathway of equatorial 13°C water in the Pacific identified by a simulated passive tracer and its adjoint

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1836-1853

  Qu, Tangdong ^a   Gao, Shan ^a,b   Fukumori, Ichiro ^c   Fine, Rana A ^d   Lindstrom, Eric J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJOINTS; CENTRAL MODE WATERS; DENSITY RANGE; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH PACIFIC; PASSIVE TRACERS; SOURCE REGION; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; SUBTROPICAL MODE WATERS; SUBTROPICAL WATER; WATER MASS; WESTERN BOUNDARY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

TROPICS;

DENSITY; GYRE; MIXING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; TRACER; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER MASS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 70349748594     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4045.1     Document Type: Article

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