Pathways into the Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent: A trajectory analysis

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2134-2151

  Goodman, Paul J ^a,b   Hazeleger, Wilco ^c   de Vries, Pedro ^c   Cane, Mark ^a  

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

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALCULATIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SALINE WATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TROPICS; WIND STRESS;

EQUATORIAL UNDERCURRENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HYDROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; TRAJECTORY ALGORITHM;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

UNDERCURRENT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND FORCING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 29744464549     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2825.1     Document Type: Article

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