Equatorial currents and transports in the upper central Indian Ocean: Annual cycle and interannual variability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C7, 1999, Pages 15495-15514

  Reppin, Jörg ^a   Schott, Friedrich A ^a   Fischer, Jürgen ^a   Quadfasel, Detlef ^b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

(CENTRAL); INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0033436299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900093     Document Type: Article

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