Thermocline variability in different dynamic regions

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1633-1645

  Liu, Zhengyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUASIGEOSTROPHIC MODELS; THERMOCLINE; VARIABLE WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 0030430624     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1633:TVIDDR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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