On the deep western-boundary current in the Southwest Pacific Basin

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-54

  Whitworth III, T ^a   Warren, B A ^b   Nowlin Jr , W D ^a   Rutz, S B ^a   Pillsbury, R D ^c   Moore, M I ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; DEEP WATER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033047457     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(99)00005-1     Document Type: Article

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