Role of the seasonal cycle in the subduction rates of upper-southern ocean waters

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1096-1113

  Kwon, Eun Young ^a,e   Downes, Stephanie M ^b   Sarmiento, Jorge L ^c   Farneti, Riccardo ^d   Deutsch, Curtis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCHANGE RATES; KINEMATIC APPROACHES; LATERAL MOVEMENT; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SUBDUCTION RATES; TEMPORAL CHANGE; WINTER MIXED LAYERS;

FINANCE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBDUCTION; UPPER OCEAN;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84880141819     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-060.1     Document Type: Article

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