Volume budget of the eastern boundary layer off the Iberian Peninsula

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 9-10, 1997, Pages 1543-1574

  Maze J P ^a,b   Arhan, M ^a   Mercier, H ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b Hocer Environment Society   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CURRENT; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CURRENTS; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER MASSES;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0030732395     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00038-1     Document Type: Article

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