Decadal variability of temperature at a depth of 400 meters in the North Pacific Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1197-1200

  Zhang, Rong Hua ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

DECADAL VARIABILITY; MEAN GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; PHASE DIFFERENCE; PHASE TRANSITION MECHANISMS; SCALE STRUCTURES; SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DECADAL VARIABILITY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GYRE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE VARIABILITY;

EID: 15644373459     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00853     Document Type: Article

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