On the annual cycle of upper-ocean circulation in the eastern equatorial Pacific

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 309-324

  Yu, Zuojun ^a,d   Schopf, Paul S ^b   Mccreary Jr , Julian P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; CIRCULATION MODELLING; NEAR-SURFACE CURRENTS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL EAST);

EID: 0030873858     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<0309:OTACOU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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