Equatorward pathways of Solomon Sea water masses and their modifications

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 810-826

  Melet, Angélique ^a   Verron, Jacques ^a   Gourdeau, Lionel ^b   Koch Larrouy, Ariane ^b  

^a LEGI   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary currents; Subtropics; Water masses

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXING; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEAWATER; STREAM FLOW; TIDES;

BOUNDARY CURRENTS; LOW FREQUENCY MODULATION; QUANTITATIVE FRAMEWORKS; SUBTROPICAL MODE WATERS; SUBTROPICS; THERMOCLINE TEMPERATURE; WATER MASS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

TROPICS;

EDDY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INFLOW; INTERMEDIATE WATER; INTERNAL TIDE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER; THERMOCLINE; WATER MASS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

CORAL SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON SEA;

EID: 79958708840     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4559.1     Document Type: Article

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