Response of the North Pacific subtropical countercurrent and its variability to global warming

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-137

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

^a Ocean Atmosphere Interaction and Climate Laboratory   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

Decadal variability; Global warming; Mixed layer depth; Mode waters; North Pacific subtropical countercurrent; Subduction rate

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COUNTERCURRENT; DECADAL VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; MIXED LAYER; SUBDUCTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84856235294     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-011-0031-6     Document Type: Article

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