Variability and forcing of the East Australian Current

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Bowen, Melissa M ^a,b   Wilkin, John L ^c   Emery, William J ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CURRENT;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); WORLD;

EID: 19944415327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002533     Document Type: Article

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