On the formation of Subtropical Countercurrent to the west of the Hawaiian Islands

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Liu, Qinyu ^a   Wang, Shaoxia ^a   Wang, Qi ^a   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Dipole of wind stress vorticity; Hawaiian Islands; Island barrier effect; Pacific; Subtropical Countercurrent; Sverdrup transport; Vortex streets

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; COUNTERCURRENT; SVERDRUP TRANSPORT; VORTICITY; WIND STRESS;

HAWAII; PACIFIC ISLANDS;

EID: 0042324095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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