Decadal thermocline variability in the North Pacific Ocean: Two pathways around the subtropical gyre

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3273-3296

  Zhang, Rong Hua ^a,c   Liu, Zhengyu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GYRE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOCLINE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033226688     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<3273:DTVITN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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