Moored observations of western boundary current variability and thermohaline circulation at 26.5°N in the subtropical North Atlantic

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 962-983

  Lee, Thomas N ^a   Johns, William E ^a   Zantopp, Rainer J ^a   Fillenbaum, Eve R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOORED OBSERVATIONS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TIME SERIES DATA; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0029853606     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0962:MOOWBC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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