Circulation in the Alboran Sea as determined by quasi-synoptic hydrographic observations. Part I: Three-dimensional structure of the two anticyclonic gyres

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 684-705

  Viúdez, Álvaro ^a,b   Tintoré, Joaquín ^a   Haney, Robert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GYRES; MODIFIED ATLANTIC WATER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

ALBORAN SEA;

EID: 0029757581     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0684:CITASA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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