The asymmetric nature of the Equatorial Undercurrent in the Pacific and Atlantic

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1083-1094

  Huang, Rui Xin ^a   Jin, Fei Fei ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; WIND STRESS;

ZONAL VELOCITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

POTENTIAL VORTICITY; UNDERCURRENT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND STRESS; ZONAL FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038141071     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<1083:TANOTE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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