Observation of the surface horizontal thermohaline variability at mesoscale to submesoscale in the north-eastern subtropical Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2588-2600

  Kolodziejczyk, Nicolas ^a   Reverdin, Gilles ^a   Boutin, Jacqueline ^a   Hernandez, Olga ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

density compensation; in situ observations; mesoscale to submesoscale; QG turbulence; subtropical North Atlantic; surface thermohaline variability

Indexed keywords

IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MESOSCALE MOTION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; TURBULENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL);

EID: 85027947917     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010455     Document Type: Article

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