The impact of meso-scale eddies on the Subtropical Mode Water in the western North Pacific

Journal of Ocean University of China

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 230-236

  Liu, Cong ^a   Li, Peiliang ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

meso scale eddies; swirl velocity; thickness of NPSTMW; trapped depth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876836710     PISSN: 16725182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11802-013-2223-8     Document Type: Article

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