Solomon Sea circulation and water mass modifications: Response at ENSO timescales

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-19

  Melet, Angélique ^a,b   Gourdeau, Lionel ^c   Verron, Jacques ^a   Djath, Bughsin ^a  

^a LEGI   (France)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Interannual variability; Ocean circulation; Southwest Pacific; Water mass modifications

Indexed keywords

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SOUTHWEST PACIFIC; WATER MASS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATERS;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HEAT FLUX; LA NINA; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALT; STRAIT; THERMOCLINE; TIMESCALE; UNDERCURRENT; WARM POOL; WATER COLUMN; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

CORAL SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON SEA; VITIAZ TRENCH;

EID: 84872333924     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-012-0582-0     Document Type: Article

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