The barrier layer in the western tropical Atlantic ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2069-2072

  Pailler, K ^a,b   Bourles B ^b,c   Gouriou, Y ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^c Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS; CLIMATOLOGY; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS;

BARRIER LAYERS; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; OCEAN ATMOSPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SUBSURFACE WATERS; TROPICAL OCEAN; VERTICAL VARIATION; WESTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC; HALOCLINES; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE EXCHANGES; PYCNOCLINES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; DENSITY; HALOCLINE; SALINITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

(TROPICAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032721162     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900492     Document Type: Article

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