The role of meso-scale eddies in mixed layer deepening and mode water formation in the western North Pacific

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-77

  Kouketsu, Shinya ^a   Tomita, Hiroyuki ^a   Oka, Eitarou ^b   Hosoda, Shigeki ^a   Kobayashi, Taiyo ^a   Sato, Kanako ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meso scale eddy; Mixed layer; Mode water; Sea surface flux

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXED LAYER; MODE WATER; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84856228114     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-011-0049-9     Document Type: Article

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