Analysis of interdecadal variation of tropical Pacific thermocline based on assimilated data

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-72

  Gu, Dejun ^a,b   Wang, Dongxiao ^b   Li, Chunhui ^a   Wu, Lixin ^c  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Currents; Interdecadal variation; Isopycnal surface; Thermocline

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; THERMOCLINE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; ZONAL FLOW;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 8644226322     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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