Structure and modification of the South Pacific Eastern Subtropical Mode Water

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1700-1714

  Sato, Kanako ^a   Suga, Toshio ^a,b  

^a Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGO FLOAT; DENSITY CHANGE; INTERANNUAL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SEASONAL CHANGES; SUBTROPICAL MODE WATERS; VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TROPICS; VORTICITY;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

MODE WATER; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SALINITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 67949103664     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3940.1     Document Type: Article

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