Northward intrusion of Antarctic intermediate water in the western Pacific

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2104-2118

  Qu, Tangdong ^a   Lindstrom, Eric J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OXYGEN; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA LEVEL; WATER;

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER (AAIW); WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

INTERMEDIATE WATER; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER EXCHANGE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); WORLD;

EID: 8144223688     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<2104:NIOAIW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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