Thermocline ventilation and pathways of tropical-subtropical water mass exchange

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 330-345

  Harper, Scott ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; THERMOCLINE; WATER EXCHANGE;

EID: 0034069271     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v52i3.12269     Document Type: Article

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