Northwest Pacific subtropical countercurrent on isopycnal surface in summer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2002, Pages

  Chu, Peter C ^a   Li, Rongfeng ^b   You, Xiaobao ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS; VELOCITY; VORTICITY;

ABSOLUTE VELOCITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; ISOPYCNAL SURFACES; NORTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SUBTROPICAL COUNTERCURRENT; SUBTROPICAL MODE WATERS; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

EID: 0036768682     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL014831     Document Type: Article

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