Evidence of a barrier layer in the Sulu and Celebes Seas

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3299-3309

  Chu, Peter C ^a   Liu, Qinyu ^b   Jia, Yinglai ^b   Fan, Chenwu ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTHERMS; MIXING; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ISOTHERMAL LAYERS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEPTH; ISOTHERM; MIXED LAYER; UPPER OCEAN;

CELEBES SEA; SULU SEA;

EID: 0036880461     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<3299:EOABLI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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