A two-level model of subtropical gyre and subtropical countercurrent

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 231-244

  Kubokawa, Atsushi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Subtropical countercurrent; Subtropical front; Subtropical gyre; Two level model; Wind driven ocean circulation

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELLING; GYRES; SUBTROPICAL FRONT; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030678073     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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