Mindanao Current/Undercurrent in an eddy-resolving GCM

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Qu, Tangdong ^a   Chiang, Tzu Ling ^a,b   Wu, Chau Ron ^b   Dutrieux, Pierre ^a,c   Hu, Dunxin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

DENSITY RANGE; DEPTH RANGE; DOMINANT TIME SCALE; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; FRESHWATER FLUXES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HIGH VELOCITY; MEAN CURRENTS; MEAN FLOW; MESOSCALE; MINDANAO CURRENTS; PACIFIC WATER; SUBSURFACE VELOCITY;

FLOWING WELLS;

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; EDDY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FRESHWATER INPUT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MESOSCALE MOTION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; THERMOCLINE; UNDERCURRENT; VELOCITY PROFILE;

CELEBES SEA; INDONESIAN SEAS; MINDANAO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84863474820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007838     Document Type: Article

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