On the formation of barrier layers and associated vertical temperature inversions: A focus on the northwestern tropical Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Mignot, J ^a   Lazar, A ^a   Lacarra, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; BARRIER LAYERS; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION; HIGH LATITUDES; MIXED LAYER; OCEAN MODEL; RADIATIVE HEAT FLUXES; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONALITY; SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBSURFACE WATERS; SURFACE FRESHENING; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE; WINTER MIXED LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATOLOGY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT FLUX; LATITUDE; LINEARITY; MIXED LAYER; PYCNOCLINE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84856971020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007435     Document Type: Article

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