The subinertial momentum balance of the north Atlantic subtropical convergence zone

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1690-1704

  Lee, Craig M ^a   Eriksen, Charles C ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; PRESSURE GRADIENTS; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; UPPER-OCEAN RESPONSE; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030424033     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1690:TSMBOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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