The variability of the tropical Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3334, 1998, Pages 7475-7489

  Narvaez, W Cabos ^a   Ortizbevia M J ^b,c   Oberhuber, J M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum   (Germany)

^c Deustches Klimarechenzentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; CURRENTS; GCM;

(TROPICAL); ATLANTIC;

EID: 0032522012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc03419     Document Type: Article

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