Turbulent diapycnal mixing in the subtropical northwestern Pacific: Spatial-seasonal variations and role of eddies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Jing, Zhao ^a   Wu, Lixin ^a   Li, Lei ^a   Liu, Chengyan ^a   Liang, Xi ^a   Chen, Zhaohui ^a   Hu, Dunxin ^b   Liu, Qingyu ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC TIDES; BASIC RESEARCH; CENTRAL BASIN; DIAPYCNAL MIXING; INERTIAL MOTIONS; KUROSHIO CURRENT; MIDLATITUDE OCEAN; MIDLATITUDES; PARAMETERIZATION METHOD; POTENTIAL DENSITY; SEA FLOOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; WORLD OCEAN CIRCULATION EXPERIMENT;

MIXING;

ANTICYCLONE; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BATHYMETRY; DIFFUSIVITY; EDDY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; PARAMETERIZATION; SEAFLOOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TURBULENT MIXING;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 80055059279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007142     Document Type: Article

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