Observation of current variations off the New Guinea coast including the 1997-1998 El Niño period and their relationship with Sverdrup transport

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Ueki, Iwao ^a   Kashino, Yuji ^a   Kuroda, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1997 1998 El Ni o; New Guinea coastal current; New guinea coastal undercurrent

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; COASTAL CURRENT; EL NINO; SVERDRUP TRANSPORT; UNDERCURRENT;

(WEST); NEW GUINEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141906330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001611     Document Type: Article

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