Total matrix intercomparison: A method for determining the geometry of water-mass pathways

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1710-1728

  Gebbie, Geoffrey ^a   Huybers, Peter ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Boundary conditions; Ocean circulation; Southern Ocean; Tracers; Water masses

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TRACERS; WATER MASSES;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ISOTOPES; OCEAN HABITATS; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL OCEAN; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEAFLOOR; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TRACER; UPPER OCEAN; WATER MASS;

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

EID: 78049294727     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4272.1     Document Type: Article

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