The origin and fate of mode water in the southern Pacific Ocean

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 335-354

  Hasson, Audrey ^a   Koch Larrouy, Ariane ^a   Morrow, Rosemary ^a   Juza, Mélanie ^b   Penduff, Thierry ^b,c  

^a Laboratoire des Etudes Géophysiques et Océanographiques Spatiales   (France)

^b LEGI   (France)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic intermediate water; Lagrangian; South Pacific Ocean; Southern Ocean; Subantarctic mode water; Water mass pathways; Water mass transformations

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATERS; LAGRANGIAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SUBANTARCTIC MODE WATER; WATER MASS; WATER MASS TRANSFORMATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OCEAN HABITATS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; HOMOGENEITY; INTERMEDIATE WATER; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SALINITY; VOLUME; WATER MASS;

INDIAN OCEAN; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TASMAN SEA;

EID: 84861096792     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0507-3     Document Type: Article

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