Oxygen decreases and variability in the eastern equatorial Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Czeschel, Rena ^a   Stramma, Lothar ^a   Johnson, Gregory C ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VARIABILITY; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; GENERAL TRENDS; HISTORICAL DATA; LONG-TERM TREND; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PROFILING FLOAT; SEASONAL CYCLE; SURFACE LAYERS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TIME-SCALES; VELOCITY DIFFERENCE;

TIME SERIES;

OXYGEN;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORRELATION; DATA PROCESSING; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE LAYER; TIME SERIES; VELOCITY PROFILE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84870176697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008043     Document Type: Article

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