The role of air-sea fluxes in Subantarctic Mode Water formation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Holte, James W ^a   Talley, Lynne D ^b   Chereskin, Teresa K ^b   Sloyan, Bernadette M ^c,d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

AIR SEA FLUX; BUOYANCY FORCING; DEEP MIXING; DRAKE PASSAGE; FLUX PRODUCT; MIXED LAYER; MIXED-LAYER MODELS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRECIPITATION FLUXES; SUBANTARCTIC MODE WATER; SURFACE OCEAN; WIND FORCING; WINTER MIXED LAYERS;

MIXING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BUOYANCY FORCING; HEAT FLUX; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MIXED LAYER; MOMENTUM; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ANTARCTICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 84859451287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007798     Document Type: Article

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