The Pacific/Indian Ocean pressure difference and its influence on the Indonesian Seas circulation: Part I - The study with specified total transports

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 577-611

  Burnett, William H ^a   Kamenkovich, Vladimir M ^b   Gordon, Arnold L ^c   Mellor, George L ^d  

^a STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; THROUGHFLOW; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1442289549     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224003771815963     Document Type: Article

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