East Australian Current volume transports at 30°S: Estimates from the World Ocean Circulation Experiment hydrographic sections PR11/P6 and the PCM3 current meter array

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C12, 2000, Pages 28509-28526

  Mata, Mauricio M ^a,c   Tomczak, Matthias ^a   Wijffels, Susan ^b   Church, John A ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLUME TRANSPORT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WOCE;

EAST AUSTRALIAN CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034475148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000121     Document Type: Article

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