Multiple deep gyres of the western North Pacific: A WOCE section along 149°E

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3336, 1998, Pages 12985-13009

  Wijffels, Susan E ^a   Hall, Melinda M ^b   Joyce, Terrence ^b   Torres, Daniel J ^b   Hacker, Peter ^c   Firing, Eric ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; GYRE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TRANSECT;

(NORTHWEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032526130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc01016     Document Type: Article

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