Origin of waters observed along 137°E

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2002, Pages

  Bingham, Frederick M ^a   Suga, Toshio ^b   Hanawa, Kimio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrography; Northern; Ocean circulation; Pacific Ocean; Salinity; Variability; Water masses

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; MIXING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SALINITY; WATER MASS;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037101746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000722     Document Type: Article

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