Wind-forced reversing jets in the western equatorial Pacific

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 657-676

  Cronin, Meghan F ^a   Mcphaden, Michael J ^a   Weisberg, Robert H ^b  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; JET; WIND FORCING; ZONAL FLOW;

(EQUATORIAL WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034103940     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<0657:WFRJIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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