Formation and subduction of central mode water based on profiling float data, 2003-08

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-129

  Oka, Eitarou ^a,b   Kouketsu, Shinya ^b   Toyama, Katsuya ^c   Uehara, Kazuyuki ^d   Kobayashi, Taiyo ^b   Hosoda, Shigeki ^b   Suga, Toshio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gyres; Mixed layer; Salinity; Subtropics; Temperature

Indexed keywords

APPARENT OXYGEN UTILIZATIONS; CENTRAL MODE WATERS; DENSITY RANGE; EAST COAST; GYRES; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; MIXED LAYER; NORTH PACIFIC; POTENTIAL DENSITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PROFILING FLOAT; SALINITY; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; SUBTROPICS; TRANSITION REGIONS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WINTER MIXED LAYERS;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OXYGEN; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

TROPICS;

GYRE; HYDROGRAPH; MIXED LAYER; MODE WATER; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SALINITY; SUBDUCTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79951657214     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4419.1     Document Type: Article

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