Subtropical countercurrent in an idealized ocean GCM

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1303-1313

  Kubokawa, Atsushi ^a   Inui, Tomoko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTERCURRENT; FORMATION MECHANISM; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

EID: 0032713642     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<1303:SCIAIO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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