The structure of the wind-driven circulation in the subtropical South Pacific Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1173-1186

  Huang, Rui Xin ^a   Qiu, Bo ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; GYRE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032412808     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1173:TSOTWD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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