Seasonal variations of sea surface height in the Gulf Stream region

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-327

  Kelly, Kathryn A ^a,b   Singh, Sandipa ^a   Huang, Rui Xin ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEASONALITY; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

EID: 0032718608     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0313:SVOSSH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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