Near-surface circulation of the northeast Pacific Ocean derived from WOCE-SVP satellite-tracked drifters

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 2371-2403

  Bograd, Steven J ^a   Thomson, Richard E ^b   Rabinovich, Alexander B ^b   LeBlond, Paul H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032710093     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00068-5     Document Type: Article

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