Wind-driven currents in the tropical Pacific

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2121-2129

  Ralph, Elise A ^a,b   Niiler, Pearn P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033389419     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2121:WDCITT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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