Observation of spiciness interannual variability in the Pacific pycnocline

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Kolodziejczyk, Nicolas ^a   Gaillard, Fabienne ^a  

^a IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE MIXING; DOMINANT MODE; ENSO INDICES; IN-SITU TEMPERATURE; INJECTION MECHANISMS; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; ISOPYCNAL SURFACES; MEAN CURRENTS; MIXED LAYER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SURFACES; TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN; TURNER ANGLE;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TROPICS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARGO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MIXED LAYER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CONVECTION; PYCNOCLINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84871398197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008365     Document Type: Article

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