A convergent instability wave front in the central tropical pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 4-6, 1996, Pages 753-778

  Johnson, Eric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE ZONE; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; FRONTS; INSTABILITY WAVES;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0030499097     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0645(96)00034-3     Document Type: Article

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