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Pacific and Indian Ocean common water
Pacific and Indian Ocean common water (PIOCW) The deep waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, classed as one mass because they are so similar in character. The mean temperature is 1.5°C and
salinity is 34.70 parts per thousand.
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Effects of the Indonesian throughflow on the Pacific and Indian Oceans
Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...the Pacific and Indian Oceans are studied by...near-global ocean general circulation...thermocline of the Indian Ocean (especially...zero (from the Indian into the Pacific Oceans) to nearly 20...into the Indian Ocean. Based on a...
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Is there a meridional overturning cell in the Pacific and Indian Oceans?
Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...to the exchange between the Pacific-Indian Ocean system and the Southern Ocean. The new calculations suggest that, in a similar fashion to the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian and Pacific Oceans have a meridional overturning cell with...
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Intraseasonal variability of surface fluxes and sea surface temperature in the Tropical Western Pacific and Indian Oceans
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...western Pacific and Indian Oceans during 1986-93...and the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere...Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans. Zhang and McPhaden...from the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere...across the equatorial Indian and western Pacific Oceans, which is ...
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Cape crusaders; South Africa's oceanic squabble.(Atlantic and Indian Oceans)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 1/26/2002; 700+ words
; ...tourists see the Atlantic and Indian oceans splash together. Right? Not...cliffs, the lighthouses and Two Oceans curio shops at Cape Point...Atlantic and tropical Indian oceans really come together, they...not easy to judge where one ocean ends and another begins. One...
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Mixed layer modeling of intraseasonal variability in the tropical western Pacific and Indian Oceans
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...oscillation in the tropical Indian and western Pacific Oceans, are examined using a one...Indian and western Pacific Oceans. The one-dimensional model...less important in the Indian Ocean. The phasing of the intraseasonal...Indian and western Pacific Oceans, which is ...
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Intraseasonal surfaces fluxes in the tropical Western Pacific and the Indian Oceans from NCEP reanalyses
Magazine article from: Monthly Weather Review; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. Emphasis is given to...mooring during the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response...uses including forcing ocean circulation models and ingesting into ocean data assimilation systems...collected over the tropical oceans. They found that the...
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Seasonal and interannual variations in stratiform and convective clouds over the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans from ship observations
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 11/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...divergence for the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans for the period December 1952-December...Introduction Clouds over tropical oceans are important components of the climate...waters of the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans. Observations of cloud type...
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Indian Ocean Variability and Its Association with ENSO in a Global Coupled Model
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT The evolution of the Indian Ocean during El Nio-Southern Oscillation...temperature (SST) in the tropical Indian Ocean is associated with El Nio-Southern...rainfall variability around the Indian Ocean basin (e.g., Goddard and Graham...
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Indian Ocean Variability in the GFDL Coupled Climate Model
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...interannual variability of the Indian Ocean, with particular focus on the...omitted.) 1. Introduction The Indian Ocean exhibits variability on a wide...A distinctive feature of the Indian Ocean is the seasonally reversing monsoon...
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Atlantic and Indian Oceans environmental outlook.(GEOGRAPHY, HYDROLOGY, ENVIRONMENT)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: SciTech Book News; 6/1/2005; 463 words
; GC10 92-807-2525-4 Atlantic and Indian Oceans environmental outlook. Title main entry. UN Environment Programme, [c]2005 76 p. $20.00 (pa) Prepared for the Barbados...
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Indian Ocean
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Indian Ocean third largest ocean, c.28,350...from Asia to Antarctica, divides the Indian Ocean into three major sections—the...Trench, S of Java, Indonesia. The Indian Ocean receives the waters of the Zambezi...
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The Indian Ocean and Asia
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
THE INDIAN OCEAN AND ASIA The Portuguese Asian Empire...Estado da India, extended over the entire Indian Ocean littoral and well beyond it into...most of coastal Sri Lanka, across the Indian Ocean to Malacca, and beyond to Timor...
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Indian Ocean raid
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
Indian Ocean raid. Having incapacitated the US Pacific...s carrier striking force sailed into the Indian Ocean in March 1942 to attack Ceylon (see...of them in one day, and also bombed the Indian towns of Cocanada and Vizagapatan which...
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Pacific and Indian Ocean common water
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
Pacific and Indian Ocean common water ( PIOCW ) The deep waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, classed as one mass because they are so similar in character. The mean temperature is 1.5°C and salinity is 34.70 parts per thousand.
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Pacific- and Indian-Ocean common water
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
Pacific- and Indian-Ocean common water (abbreviation PIOCW ) The deep waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans are so similar in character that they are usually classed as one mass, with a mean temperature of 1.5°C and a salinity of 34.70 parts per thousand.
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