Processes that influence the mixed layer deepening during winter in the North Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Kang, Yune Jeung ^a   Noh, Yign ^a   Yeh, Sang Wook ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BUDGET CONTROL; DATA PROCESSING; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEAN CURRENTS;

EDDY DIFFUSIONS; GEOSTROPHIC ADVECTION; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT BUDGET ANALYSIS; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; KUROSHIO REGION; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYER DEEPENING; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; NCEP/NCAR; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT; REANALYSIS; REMAINING DIFFERENCES; SIMPLE OCEAN DATA ASSIMILATIONS; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES;

HEAT FLUX;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; EKMAN TRANSPORT; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXED LAYER; THERMOCLINE; WIND STRESS;

KUROSHIO REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 78650010653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005833     Document Type: Article

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