Variability in the South Pacific Deep Western Boundary Current from current meter observations and a high-resolution global model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C3, 1998, Pages 5439-5457

  Moore, Mike I ^a,c,e   Wilkin, John L ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c New Zealand Dairy Board   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e New Zealand Dairy Board   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENTS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

PACIFIC, (SOUTH);

EID: 0031866503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc03207     Document Type: Article

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