Eddy transport of heat and thermocline waters in the North Pacific: A key to interannual/decadal climate variability?

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 675-687

  Roemmich, D ^a   Gilson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; VELOCITY; WATER;

EDDY TRANSPORT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOCLINE;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035268778     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<0675:ETOHAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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