Velocity structure and transport in the Windward Islands Passages

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 487-520

  Wilson, W Douglas ^a   Johns, William E ^b  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRAITS; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER EXCHANGE;

WINDWARD ISLANDS;

EID: 0030981949     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00113-6     Document Type: Article

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