Seasonal eddy field modulation of the North Pacific Subtropical Countercurrent: TOPEX/Poseidon observations and theory

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2471-2486

  Qiu, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTERCURRENT; EDDY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TOPEX-POSEIDON; ZONAL FLOW;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033397617     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2471:SEFMOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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