Zonal jets entering the coral sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 715-725

  Gourdeau, Lionel ^a   Kessler, William S ^b   Davis, Russ E ^c   Sherman, Jeff ^c   Maes, Christophe ^a   Kestenare, Elodie ^d  

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

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JETS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

ABSOLUTE VELOCITY; BOUNDARY CURRENT; SALINITY; ZONAL JETS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; EDDY; JET FLOW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SALINITY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; ZONAL FLOW;

CORAL SEA; MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

ANTHOZOA; VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 43149112587     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3780.1     Document Type: Article

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