Intermediate layer water masses in the western tropical Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C5, 1996, Pages 11903-11922

  Bub, Frank L ^a   Brown, Wendell S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENTS; INTERMEDIATE WATER MASSES; MIXING; ORIGIN;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL WESTERN);

EID: 0029904499     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JC03372     Document Type: Article

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