North pacific intermediate water transports in the mixed water region

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1795-1803

  Talley, Lynne D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE WATER MASSES; MIXING; TRANSPORT PROCESSES;

PACIFIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0031404995     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1795:NPIWTI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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