Warm water paths in the equatorial Atlantic as diagnosed with a general circulation model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2753-2768

  Blanke, Bruno ^a,c   Arhan, Michel ^a   Madec, Gurvan ^b   Roche, Sophie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; WARM WATER;

(EQUATORIAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033507918     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2753:WWPITE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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