Wind-driven variability of dissolved oxygen below the mixed layer at Station P

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Cummins, Patrick F ^a   Masson, Diane ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DECADAL TIMESCALE; DEPTH RANGE; EKMAN PUMPING; INTEGRATED RESPONSE; INTERANNUAL; ISOPYCNAL SURFACES; LOW FREQUENCY; MIXED LAYER; OCEAN WEATHER; SECULAR TREND; STOCHASTIC CLIMATE MODELS; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EKMAN PUMPING; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MIXED LAYER; STOCHASTICITY; TIMESCALE; WEATHER STATION; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBARCTIC);

EID: 84865345257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007847     Document Type: Article

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