Decadal variabilities of the Upper Layers of the subtropical North Atlantic: An ocean model study

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3111-3124

  Ezer, Tal ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; GYRE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; UPPER OCEAN;

(SUBTROPICAL NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033510067     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<3111:DVOTUL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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