Rapid thermohaline transition in the Pacific western subarctic and Oyashio fresh core eddies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C4, 2000, Pages 8513-8526

  Rogachev, Konstantin A ^a  

^a IL ICHEV PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY; SUBARCTIC REGION; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

(WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033675064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900330     Document Type: Article

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