Deep flow along the western boundary south of the Blake Bahama Outer Ridge

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2187-2208

  Johns, Elizabeth ^a,c   Fine, Rana A ^b   Molinari, Robert L ^a  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001365625     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<2187:DFATWB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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