A summary of North Atlantic baroclinic variability

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3161-3166

  Wunsch, Carl ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; FIELD SURVEY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033497658     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<3161:ASONAB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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