Observations of variability in the South Pacific subtropical gyre

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2359-2380

  Morris, Michele ^a   Roemmich, Dean ^a   Cornuelle, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL FLUCTUATIONS; GYRES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC, (SOUTH);

EID: 0030391212     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<2359:OOVITS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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