Position and structure of the Subtropical/Azores Front region from combined Lagrangian and remote sensing (IR/altimeter/SeaWiFS) measurements

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 769-792

  Pingree, Robin D ^a   Garcia Soto, Carlos ^b   Sinha, Bablu ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRONT; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

AZORES;

EID: 0032743780     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531549900096X     Document Type: Review

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