Direct observations of velocity and transport in the passages between the Intra-Americas Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, 1984-1996

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C11, 1999, Pages 25805-25820

  Johns, Elizabeth ^a   Wilson, W Douglas ^a   Molinari, Robert L ^a  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL; CURRENT VELOCITY; SEMIENCLOSED SEA; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER EXCHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0008825435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900235     Document Type: Review

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