Antarctic intermediate water and subantarctic mode water formation in the Southeast Pacific: The role of turbulent mixing

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1558-1574

  Sloyan, Bernadette M ^a   Talley, Lynne D ^b   Chereskin, Teresa K ^b   Fine, Rana ^c   Holte, James ^b  

^a Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Fronts; Intermediate waters; Mixing; Southern Ocean; Turbulence; Water masses

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATERS; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; AUSTRAL WINTER; BUOYANCY FLUXES; DIAPYCNAL DIFFUSIVITY; DIFFUSIVITIES; ENERGY FLUXES; FRONTS; INTERMEDIATE WATERS; MIXED LAYER; OCEAN PROCESS; OCEAN STRATIFICATION; PACIFIC SECTOR; RAPID DEVELOPMENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SUBANTARCTIC MODE WATER; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER COLUMNS; WATER MASSES;

BUOYANCY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXING; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER; BUOYANCY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; INTERMEDIATE WATER; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC FRONT; TURBULENT MIXING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 77954492370     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4114.1     Document Type: Article

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