A western boundary current east of New Caledonia: Observed characteristics

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 956-969

  Gasparin, Florent ^a   Ganachaud, Alexandre ^a   Maes, Christophe ^a  

^a LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

East Caledonian Current; Island rule; New Caledonia; SPICE

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATERS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CORAL SEA; EAST CALEDONIAN CURRENT; EAST COAST; ISLAND RULE; NEW CALEDONIA; OCEAN CIRCULATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC WATER; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENTS; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; TROPICAL WATERS; VANUATU; WARM POOLS; WATER-MASS PROPERTIES; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; WESTWARD CURRENT; ZONAL JETS;

CLIMATOLOGY; LAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

SPICE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GYRE; WARM POOL; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); VANUATU;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79961100767     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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