Preconditioning of the wintertime mixed layer at the Kuroshio Extension Observatory

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Tomita, Hiroyuki ^a   Kako, Shin'Ichiro ^b   Cronin, Meghan F ^c   Kubota, Masahisa ^d  

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

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; HEAT STORAGE; HEATING; OBSERVATORIES; OCEAN CURRENTS; STREAM FLOW;

ANOMALOUS HEATING; COVARIATION; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; MIXED LAYER; NEAR-SURFACE; NET HEAT FLUX; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SEASONAL THERMOCLINE; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; UPPER OCEAN; WINTER MIXED LAYERS;

HEAT FLUX;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SOURCE; MIXED LAYER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; THERMOCLINE; UPPER OCEAN;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 78650501979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006373     Document Type: Article

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