Study of the formation of North Pacific Intermediate Water by a general circulation model and the particle-tracking method 2. Formation mechanism of salinity minimum from the view of the "critical gradient" of the Oyashio mixing ratio

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C1, 2000, Pages 1055-1069

  Kobayashi, Taiyo ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 85087227445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900261     Document Type: Article

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