Intermediate-depth circulation of the Indian and South Pacific Oceans measured by autonomous floats

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 683-707

  Davis, Russ E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CATCHMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT (ACC); EDDY DIFFUSIVITY; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD OCEAN CIRCULATION EXPERIMENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONITORING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

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

EID: 21844479300     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2702.1     Document Type: Article

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