Thermocline circulation in the Solomon Sea: A modeling study

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1302-1319

  Melet, Ange Lique ^a   Gourdeau, Lionel ^b   Kessler, William S ^c   Verron, Jacques ^a   Molines, Jean Marc ^a  

^a LEGI   (France)

^b LEGOS   (France)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Currents; Ocean circulation; Seasonal cycle; Thermocline

Indexed keywords

BRITAIN; CURRENTS; EQUATORIAL UNDERCURRENTS; IRELAND; LOW-FREQUENCY MODULATION; MODELING STUDIES; NEW GUINEA COASTAL UNDERCURRENT; OCEAN CIRCULATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENTS; SPIN-DOWN; SPIN-UP; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; THERMOCLINE; THERMOCLINE CIRCULATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

FEEDING; STREAM FLOW;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CIRCULATION MODELING; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; GYRE; INFLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOCLINE; UNDERCURRENT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

CORAL SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); SOLOMON SEA; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT; VITIAZ TRENCH;

EID: 77955616625     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4264.1     Document Type: Article

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