Decadal changes in the mode waters in the midlatitude North Pacific

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 858-870

  Yasuda, Tamaki ^a   Hanawa, Kimio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIDLATITUDE; MODE WATERS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; WATER MASSES;

PACIFIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0031438530     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<0858:DCITMW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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