Interior pycnocline flow the subtropical to the Equatorial Pacific Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3073-3089

  Johnson, Gregory C ^a   McPhaden, Michael J ^a  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; GYRE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PYCNOCLINE; WATER EXCHANGE;

(EQUATORIAL); (SUBTROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033496721     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<3073:IPFFTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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