Dynamical role of mode water ventilation in decadal variability in the central subtropical gyre of the North Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1212-1225

  Xie, Shang Ping ^a,b   Xu, Lixiao ^b   Liu, Qinyu ^b   Kobashi, Fumiaki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; BANDED STRUCTURES; COUPLED MODELS; DECADAL TIMESCALE; DECADAL VARIABILITY; DOMINANT MODE; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; KUROSHIO; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; NATURAL MODES; NORTH PACIFIC; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SEA SURFACES; SUBDUCTION RATES; SUBTROPICAL COUNTERCURRENT; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; THERMAL ADVECTION; THICK LAYERS; TRADE WINDS; WINTER MIXED LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEAN CURRENTS; VENTILATION;

TROPICS;

ADVECTION; COUNTERCURRENT; DECADAL VARIATION; DEEP WATER VENTILATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GYRE; JET; MIXED LAYER; MODE WATER; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PYCNOCLINE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHOALING WAVE; TRADE WIND;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79955021097     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3896.1     Document Type: Article

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