Improved description of global mixed-layer depth using Argo profiling floats

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 773-787

  Hosoda, Shigeki ^a   Ohira, Tsuyoshi ^b   Sato, Kanako ^a   Suga, Toshio ^a,c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MARINE WORKS JAPAN LTD   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argo; global data set; Mixed layer depth

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MIXED LAYER; SALINITY; SHALLOW WATER;

EID: 78649960914     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-010-0063-3     Document Type: Article

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