Equatorial currents in the Pacific Ocean 1992-1997

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C4, 1999, Pages 7849-7863

  Seidel, Howard F ^a   Giese, Benjamin S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033560566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900036     Document Type: Review

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