Monthly period oscillations in the Pacific North Equatorial Countercurrent

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C3, 1996, Pages 6337-6359

  McPhaden, Michael J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL COUNTERCURRENTS; OSCILLATIONS; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0029752550     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JC03620     Document Type: Article

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