Three types of South Pacific subtropical mode waters: Their relation to the large-scale circulation of the South Pacific subtropical gyre and their temporal variability

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2478-2490

  Tsubouchi, Takamasa ^a   Suga, Toshio ^a   Hanawa, Kimio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CLIMATOLOGY; SEAWATER; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

BATHYTHERMOGRAPH; CORE LAYER TEMPERATURE; SUBTROPICAL MODE WATER;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; GYRE; MODE WATER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC FRONT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WINTER;

EAST AUSTRALIAN CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 36348984971     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3132.1     Document Type: Article

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