Surface currents derived from satellite-tracked buoys off Namibia

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 453-473

  Gründlingh, Marten L ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; DATA BUOY; FLOW FIELD; SURFACE LAYER;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0032938608     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00096-4     Document Type: Article

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