The three-dimensional structure of the interleaving layers in the western equatorial Pacific ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Lee, Jae Hak ^a   Richards, Kelvin J ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

INTERLEAVING LAYERS; MERIDIONAL STRUCTURES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MIXING; OCEAN BASIN; STRATIFICATION; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 3042781540     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019441     Document Type: Article

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