A benthic front in the Straits of Florida and its relationship to the structure of the Florida Current

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3125-3132

  Seim, Harvey E ^a   Winkel, David P ^b   Gawarkiewicz, Glen ^c   Gregg, Michael C ^b  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CURRENT; DENSITY FRONT; STRAIT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA CURRENT; GULF OF MEXICO; STRAITS OF FLORIDA;

EID: 0033497291     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<3125:ABFITS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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