Variability of the heat and salt budget in the subtropical southeastern pacific mixed layer between 2004 and 2010: Spice injection mechanism

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1880-1898

  Kolodziejczyk, Nicolas ^a,b   Gaillard, Fabienne ^a  

^a IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRAL WINTER; HEAT SURFACE; INJECTION MECHANISMS; PERMANENT THERMOCLINES; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SURFACE VELOCITY; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

BUDGET CONTROL; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

BUOYANCY; CONVECTION; HEAT BUDGET; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SURFACE FLUX; THERMOCLINE; TURBULENT MIXING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL);

EID: 84884947737     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-04.1     Document Type: Article

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