Persistent westward flow in the Azores current as seen from altimetry and hydrography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C5, 1996, Pages 11923-11933

  Cromwell, David ^a   Challenor, Peter G ^a   New, Adrian L ^a   Pingree, Robin D ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZORES CURRENT; CURRENT OBSERVATIONS; TOPOGRAPHY; WESTWARD FLOW;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0029903466     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC00609     Document Type: Article

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