Deoxygenation in the oxygen minimum zone of the eastern tropical North Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Stramma, Lothar ^a   Visbeck, Martin ^a   Brandt, Peter ^a   Tanhua, Toste ^a   Wallace, Douglas ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYGENATIONS; EASTERN TROPICAL NORTH ATLANTIC; LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MODEL RESULTS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; TIME TRENDS; TROPICAL OCEAN; WATER LAYERS;

DISSOLUTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

DECADAL VARIATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; OXYGENATION; SALINITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 72149119080     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039593     Document Type: Article

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