The intermediate depth circulation of the western South Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 3329-3332

  Boebel, O ^a,g   Davis, R E ^b   Ollitrault, M ^c   Peterson, R G ^b   Richardson, P L ^d   Schmid, C ^e   Zenk, W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FLOW OF WATER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY;

INTERMEDIATE DEPTH CIRCULATION;

OCEAN CURRENTS; EARTH (PLANET);

CURRENT; GYRE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EQUATORIAL FLOW; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; INTERMEDIATE WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; VELOCITY FIELD;

EID: 0033226289     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL002355     Document Type: Article

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