Meddy trajectories in the Canary Basin measured during the SEMAPHORE experiment, 1993-1995

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C11, 1998, Pages 25029-25045

  Richardson, Philip L ^a   Tychensky, Aude ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Section de Géodésie Géophysique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; EDDY; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; SEAMOUNT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TRAJECTORY; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY BASIN;

EID: 0032532936     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC02579     Document Type: Article

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