Mixed layer depth in the Aegean, Marmara, Black and Azov Seas: Part II: Relation to the sonic layer depth

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 78, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Helber, Robert W ^a   Kara, A Birol ^a   Barron, Charlie N ^a   Boyer, Timothy P ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Mixed layer depth; Sound transmission

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; CLIMATOLOGY; INTERPOLATION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL CYCLE; LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; PRE-PROCESSING; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ACOUSTIC DATA; ANNUAL CYCLE; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROGRAPHY; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; LITERATURE REVIEW; MIXED LAYER; PYCNOCLINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEASONALITY; SOUND PROPAGATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPPER OCEAN; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AEGEAN SEA; BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEA OF AZOV; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 79956214231     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.01.023     Document Type: Article

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