Transports and pathways of the upper-layer circulation in the western tropical Atlantic

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1904-1928

  Schott, Friedrich A ^a   Fischer, Jürgen ^a   Stramma, Lothar ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENT; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; UPPER OCEAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033021355     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1904:TAPOTU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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