On the variability of 18 degree water formation as observed from moored instruments at 55°W

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 1777-1799

  Klein, Birgit ^a,b   Hogg, Nelson ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

18 DEGREE WATER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; VARIABILITY; WATER MASSES;

ATLANTIC, SARGASSO SEA;

EID: 0030292140     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00069-6     Document Type: Article

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