Meridional circulation cells and the source waters of the Pacific equatorial undercurrent

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-84

  Lu, Peng ^a   McCreary Jr , Julian P ^a,b   Klinger, Barry A ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION CELL; CURRENTS; EQUATORIAL UNDERCURRENT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEAN CIRCULATION; PACIFIC EQUATORIAL UNDERCURRENT; ZONAL FLOW;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0031961324     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<0062:MCCATS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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