Seasonal variability of upper ocean heat content in Drake Passage

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Stephenson, Gordon R ^a   Gille, Sarah T ^a,b   Sprintall, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; ENTHALPY;

AIR-SEA EXCHANGE; ANNUAL CYCLE; CONDUCTIVITY TEMPERATURE DEPTHS; DRAKE PASSAGE; EXPENDABLE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS; FIRST-ORDER; FLUX PRODUCT; HEAT BUDGET; HIGH RESOLUTION; LARGE AMPLITUDE; NEAR-SURFACE; OCEAN RESPONSE; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL HEAT; POLAR FRONT; REANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SMALL SCALE VARIABILITY; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; UPPER OCEAN;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AMPLITUDE; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; POLAR FRONT; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPPER OCEAN;

DRAKE PASSAGE;

EID: 84859904789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007772     Document Type: Article

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