Evidence for shallow zonal jets in the South Equatorial Current region of the Southwest Pacific

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 706-720

  Webb, David J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; JET; ZONAL FLOW;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT;

EID: 0034022435     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<0706:EFSZJI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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