Eddies in the northeastern North Atlantic: Statistics from observations from a moving ship

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C10, 1997, Pages 23041-23062

  Bowerman, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE EDDIES;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0031409310     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC01499     Document Type: Article

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