Heat and salinity budgets at the Stratus mooring in the southeast Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 8162-8176

  Holte, James ^a   Straneo, Fiammetta ^a   Farrar, J Thomas ^a   Weller, Robert A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Argo; heat budget; southeast Pacific; Stratus mooring

Indexed keywords

ARGO; EKMAN PUMPING; GYRE; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; MOORING SYSTEM; SALINITY; SURFACE LAYER; VERTICAL MIXING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 84915749825     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010256     Document Type: Article

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