Mode waters and subduction rates in a high-resolution South Atlantic simulation

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-244

  De Miranda, Anne P ^a   Barnier, Bernard ^a   Dewar, William K ^b  

^a Institut de Mecanique de Grenoble   (France)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; GYRE; MODE WATER; SUBDUCTION; WATER MASS;

(SOUTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032827186     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224099321618209     Document Type: Article

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