Upper ocean thermohaline, oxygen, nutrient, and flow structure near the date line in the summer of 1993

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3336, 1998, Pages 12919-12939

  Roden, Gunnar I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OXYGEN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSECT; UPPER OCEAN;

(CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032525952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc03759     Document Type: Article

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