Velocity and transport of the Labrador Current determined from altimetric, hydrographie, and wind data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C8, 1999, Pages 18047-18057

  Han, Guoqi ^a   Tang, C L ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

LABRADOR CURRENT; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 0033373098     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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