Gliders measure western boundary current transport from the south pacific to the equator

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2001-2013

  Davis, Russ E ^a   Kessler, William S ^b   Sherman, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary currents; In situ oceanic observations; South Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENTS; CORAL SEA; NEARSHORES; PACIFIC OCEAN; TRANSPORT VARIABILITY; TWO-LAYER STRUCTURES; UPPER LAYER; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

GLIDERS;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; SALINITY; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

CORAL SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOLOMON SEA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84865438239     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-022.1     Document Type: Article

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