Effects of horizontal mixing on the upper ocean temperature in the equatorial Pacific Ocean

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-23

  Huang, Chuanjiang ^a   Qiao, Fangli ^a  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Equatorial Pacific Ocean; Horizontal mixing; Thermal structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863706122     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13131-012-0171-6     Document Type: Article

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