SOFAR float observations of an intermediate-depth eastern boundary current and mesoscale variability in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1265-1278

  Fratantoni, David M ^a   Richardson, Philip L ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIFTER; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; MESOSCALE MOTION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

(TROPICAL EAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032724099     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<1265:SFOOAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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