Sharp frontal interfaces in the near-surface layer of the ocean in the western equatorial pacific warm pool

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 999-1017

  Soloviev, Alexander ^a,b,c   Lukas, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES; NEAR-SURFACE LAYER; SHARP FRONTAL INTERFACES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TOGA COARE; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL WEST);

EID: 0031437140     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<0999:SFIITN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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