Open AccessSubsurface Subtropical Fronts of the North Pacific as Inherent Boundaries in the Ventilated Thermocline
Author(s) -
Yoshikazu Aoki,
Toshio Suga,
Kimio Hanawa
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of physical oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.706
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1520-0485
pISSN - 0022-3670
DOI - 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<2299:ssfotn>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - ocean gyre , thermocline , mode water , hydrography , geology , oceanography , isopycnal , front (military) , boundary current , potential vorticity , climatology , countercurrent exchange , geostrophic wind , frontogenesis , subtropical front , ocean current , subtropics , mesoscale meteorology , water mass , vorticity , meteorology , geography , vortex , physics , fishery , biology , thermodynamics