Decadal variability of thermocline and intermediate waters at 24°s in the South Atlantic

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-165

  McCarthy, Gerard ^a   Mcdonagh, Elaine ^a   King, Brian ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decadal variability; Intermediate waters; South Atlantic Ocean; Thermocline

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATERS; APPARENT OXYGEN UTILIZATIONS; DATA SETS; DECADAL VARIABILITY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERMEDIATE WATERS; NEUTRAL DENSITY SURFACES; SALINITY CHANGE; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; THERMOCLINE; UPPER CIRCUMPOLAR DEEP WATER; WATER MASS;

OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; SALINE WATER; STREAM FLOW;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

DECADAL VARIATION; DENSITY FRONT; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERMEDIATE WATER; SALINITY; THERMOCLINE; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WARM POOL; WATER EXCHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 79951589878     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4467.1     Document Type: Article

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