Float trajectories in the deep western boundary current and deep equatorial jets of the tropical Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 305-333

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

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; DRIFTER; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; JET; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TRAJECTORY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

APUS APUS;

EID: 0032938604     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00100-3     Document Type: Article

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