Cyclone-driven deep sea injection of freshwater and heat by hyperpycnal flow in the subtropics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Kao, S J ^a,b   Dai, M ^a   Selvaraj, K ^b   Zhai, W ^a   Cai, P ^a   Chen, S N ^c   Yang, J Y T ^a   Liu, J T ^d   Liu, C C ^e   Syvitski, J P M ^f  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; RAIN; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORMS;

COASTAL WATERS; DEEP OCEAN; DEEP SEA; DEEP WATER; HOT SPOT; HYPERPYCNAL; HYPERPYCNAL FLOWS; LOW SALINITY; SEDIMENT PRODUCTION; TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TURBID WATER;

TROPICS;

DEEP SEA; HEAT TRANSFER; HOT SPOT; OCEAN BASIN; RAINFALL; SHALLOW WATER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; TAIWAN;

EID: 78149441711     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044893     Document Type: Article

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