The annual cycle of circulation of the southwest subtropical Pacific, analyzed in an ocean GCM

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1610-1627

  Kessler, William S ^a   Gourdeau, Lionel ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENT SYSTEM; SUBTROPICAL GYRE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WIND STRESS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GYRE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL);

EID: 34447567177     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3046.1     Document Type: Article

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