Modeling 18° water variability

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1059-1080

  Marsh, Robert ^a,b   New, Adrian L ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

18° WATER; GYRES; MODELLING; WATER MASSES;

ATLANTIC, GULF STREAM; SARGASSO SEA;

EID: 0029952063     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1059:MWV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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