Seasonal water mass distribution in the Indonesian throughflow entering the Indian Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C9, 1999, Pages 20801-20826

  Coatanoan, C ^a,b   Metzl, N ^c   Fieux, M ^d   Coste, B ^a,e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEASONALITY; THROUGHFLOW; WATER MASS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIA;

EID: 0033567568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900129     Document Type: Article

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