Decadal spinup of the south pacific subtropical gyre

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-173

  Roemmich, Dean ^a   Gilson, J ^a   Davis, R ^a   Sutton, P ^b   Wijffels, S ^c   Riser, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; WIND; WIND STRESS;

HYDROGRAPHY; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; WATER COLUMN; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DECADAL VARIATION; GYRE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; WATER COLUMN; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 33947507503     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3004.1     Document Type: Article

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