Revisiting the South Pacific subtropical circulation: A synthesis of World Ocean Circulation Experiment observations along 32°S

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C9, 2001, Pages 19481-19513

  Wijffels, Susan E ^a   Toole, John M ^b   Davis, Russ ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WOCE;

(SUBTROPICAL SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034781273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000118     Document Type: Article

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