Role of deep stratification in transporting deep water from the Atlantic to the Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C1, 1998, Pages 1067-1086

  Nakata, Minoru ^a   Suginohara, Nobuo ^b  

^a NATL INST FOR RSRC AND ENVIRON   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODEL; DEEP WATER; STRATIFICATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN, ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT;

EID: 0031869073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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