Subtropical mode water in the 137°E section

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1989, Pages 1605-1618

  Suga, Toshio ^a   Hanawa, Klmio ^a   Toba, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY;

APPARENT OXYGEN UTILIZATIONS; JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCIES; LONG TERM OBSERVATIONS; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; POTENTIAL DENSITY; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SUBTROPICAL MODE WATERS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

EID: 84897532326     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1989)019<1605:SMWITS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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