Subtropical mode water variability in a climatologically forced model in the northwestern pacific ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-140

  Douglass, Elizabeth M ^a   Jayne, Steven R ^a   Peacock, Synte ^b   Bryan, Frank O ^b   Maltrud, Mathew E ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advection; Forcing; Interannual variuability; Pacific Ocean; Tracers; Water masses

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DECADAL VARIABILITY; FORCING; FULL MODEL; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIUABILITY; KUROSHIO; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STREAMFUNCTIONS; SUBTROPICAL MODE WATERS; TIME VARIATIONS; TIME-SCALES; TRANSIT-TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER MASS; WATER MASSES;

ADVECTION; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ADVECTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CFC; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; DECADAL VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MIXED LAYER; MODE WATER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRACER; WATER MASS;

JAPAN; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84857675992     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JPO4513.1     Document Type: Article

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