Variations in Gyre closure at the water mass crossroads of the western Equatorial Pacific Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3002-3024

  Wajsowicz, Roxana C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSURE; GYRE; THROUGHFLOW; WATER MASS;

(EQUATORIAL WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033503148     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<3002:VIGCAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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