Influence of Equatorial Dynamics on the Pacific North Equatorial Countercurrent*
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Physical Oceanography
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0022-3670,1520-0485
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<3179:ioedot>2.0.co;2