Upper ocean currents in the northern Arabian Sea from shipboard ADCP measurements collected during the 1994-1996 U.S. JGOFS and ONR programs

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 10-11, 1998, Pages 1917-1959

  Flagg, Charles N ^a   Kim, Hyun Sook ^a,b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CURRENT VELOCITY; UPPER OCEAN;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0032432761     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00059-9     Document Type: Article

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