Dynamics of the Indian-Ocean oxygen minimum zones

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 112-113, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-37

  McCreary, Julian P ^a   Yu, Zuojun ^a   Hood, Raleigh R ^b   Vinaychandran, P N ^c   Furue, Ryo ^a   Ishida, Akio ^d   Richards, Kelvin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; NORTHERN INDIAN OCEANS; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PHYSICAL COMPONENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUBSURFACE OXYGEN;

ADVECTION; KINETICS; MIXING; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

ADVECTION; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ANNUAL CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PARAMETERIZATION; REMINERALIZATION; SATURATION; SEAWATER; SIMULATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER MASS;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84878368402     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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