Horizontal structure of the upper ocean velocity and density fields in the western equatorial Pacific warm pool: Depth range from 20 to 250 m

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 416-432

  Soloviev, Alexander ^a,c   Lukas, Roger ^b   Hacker, Peter ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; UPPER OCEAN; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WARM POOL;

(EQUATORIAL WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033996259     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<0416:HSOTUO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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