Modeling the wind-driven variability of the South Indian Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-230

  Matano, R P ^a   Simionato, C G ^a,b   Strub, P T ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0032719677     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0217:MTWDVO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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