Subtropical mode water variation in the northwestern part of the North Pacific subtropical gyre

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C8, 2000, Pages 19591-19598

  Taneda, Takeshi ^a,b   Suga, Toshio ^a   Hanawa, Kimio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; SEASONALITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER MASS;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033664373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc900073     Document Type: Article

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