The Pacific cold tongue: A pathway for interhemispheric exchange

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1027-1043

  Sloyan, Bernadette M ^a   Johnson, Gregory C ^a   Kessler, William S ^a  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; INVERSE PROBLEMS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ZONAL VELOCITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; COLD POOL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038479965     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<1027:TPCTAP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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