Seasonal variability of the South equatorial countercurrent

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Chen, Shuiming ^a   Qiu, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Rossby waves; Seasonal variability; SECC

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COUNTERCURRENT; OCEANIC CURRENT; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 7244236594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002243     Document Type: Article

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