Comparison of Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer and fine resolution Antarctic model results in the South Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C1, 1996, Pages 855-884

  Davis, Russ E ^a   Killworth, Peter D ^b,c   Blundell, Jeffrey R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELLING; DRIFTING DATA BUOYS; EDDY EFFECTS;

ATLANTIC, (SOUTH);

EID: 0029756822     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JC02538     Document Type: Article

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