Descriptive analysis of the hydrology and currents on the Iberian shelf from Gibraltar to Cape Finisterre: Preliminary results from the Semane and Interafos experiments

Annales Hydrographiques

Volumn 21, Issue 768, 1997, Pages 5-16

  Cherubin L ^a   Serpette, A ^a   Carton, X ^a   Paillet, J ^a   Connan, O ^b   Morin, P ^b   Rousselet, R ^a   Le Cann, B ^c   Le Corre, P ^b   Labasque, T ^a   Corman, D ^a   Poete, N ^a  

^a SHOM/CMO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^c Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENTS; EDDIES; MEDITERRANEAN WATER OUTFLOW; MIXING;

ATLANTIC, IBERIAN SHELF;

EID: 0030657014     PISSN: 03733629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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