The pacific subsurface countercurrents and an inertial model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2448-2459

  Johnson, Gregory C ^a   Moore, Dennis W ^a  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001628756     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<2448:TPSCAA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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