Simple model prediction of horizontal temperature fields in the subtropical-subpolar system caused by sudden change in wind stress curl

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1578-1597

  Nakamura, Hirohiko ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GYRE; MODELING; TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE; WIND STRESS;

EID: 0032426762     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1578:SMPOHT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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