Subtropical mode water in the Northeast Pacific Basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3336, 1998, Pages 13055-13066

  Hautala, Susan L ^a,c   Roemmich, Dean H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; THERMOCLINE; WATER MASS;

(NORTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032525959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc01015     Document Type: Article

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