Eastern North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water in a general circulation model: Formation mechanism and salinity effects

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C9, 2001, Pages 19671-19681

  Hosoda, Shigeki ^a,b   Xie, Shang Ping ^c,f   Takeuchi, Kensuke ^a,d   Nonaka, Masami ^c,e,f  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Frontier Observational Res Syst Gl   (Japan)

^e Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMATION MECHANISM; MODE WATER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SALINITY; WATER MASS;

(NORTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034776114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000443     Document Type: Article

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