Hydrography and water masses off the western Australian coast

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1090-1104

  Woo, Mun ^a   Pattiaratchi, Charitha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrography; Leeuwin current; Leeuwin undercurrent; Water masses; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROLOGY; NAVIGATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

HYDROGRAPHY; LEEUWIN CURRENT; LEEUWIN UNDERCURRENT; WATER MASS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FIELD METHOD; HYDROGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODE WATER; SURFACE WATER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER MASS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EAST); LEEUWIN CURRENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 48349094038     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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