Pacific equatorial subsurface countercurrent velocity, transport, and potential vorticity

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1172-1187

  Rowe, G D ^a   Firing, E ^a   Johnson, G C ^a  

^a Accurate Environ Forecasting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTERCURRENT; CURRENT VELOCITY; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

(EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033861735     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<1172:PESCVT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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