Water masses and properties at 165°E in the western Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3336, 1998, Pages 12941-12958

  Kawabe, Masaki ^a   Taira, Keisuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC FRONT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TRANSECT; WATER MASS;

(WEST); PACIFIC;

EID: 0032525773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc03197     Document Type: Article

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