Subantarctic mode water in the southeast pacific: Effect of exchange across the subantarctic front

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2052-2066

  Holte, J W ^a   Talley, L D ^b   Chereskin, T K ^b   Sloyan, B M ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Southern Ocean; Subantarctic Mode Water

Indexed keywords

EKMAN TRANSPORT; FRESH SURFACES; MULTIPARAMETERS; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PROFILING FLOAT; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SUBANTARCTIC MODE WATER;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COOLING; EKMAN TRANSPORT; FRACTIONATION; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIXED LAYER; POLAR FRONT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84878093940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20144     Document Type: Article

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