Interannual variability of transport and bifurcation of the North Equatorial Current in the tropical North Pacific Ocean

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 177-185

  Zhai, Fangguo ^a,b,c   Hu, Dunxin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation; interannual variability; NEC bifurcation; North Equatorial Current

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856406763     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-012-1194-8     Document Type: Article

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