Detailed survey of a large baroclinic eddy with extremely high temperatures in the Western Canada Basin

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 66, Issue , 2012, Pages 90-102

  Kawaguchi, Yusuke ^a   Itoh, Motoyo ^a   Nishino, Shigeto ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baroclinic eddy with unusually high temperature; Beaufort Gyre enhancement; Double diffusive mixing; Horizontal interleaving

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC EDDY; CANADA BASIN; CHUKCHI SEA; CONVEX LENS; DOUBLE DIFFUSION; DOUBLE DIFFUSIVE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HORIZONTAL INTERLEAVING; ICE FORMATIONS; INTERLEAVING STRUCTURE; ISOPYCNAL SURFACES; JET FLOW; MICROSCALE MEASUREMENT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SHELF SLOPE; TEMPERATURE VARIANCE; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE; WARM WATER;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

ANTICYCLONE; BAROCLINIC WAVE; DISSIPATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; SURVEY;

WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

EID: 84862184017     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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