Upper layer currents in the western tropical North Atlantic (1989-1991)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C1, 1999, Pages 1361-1375

  Bourles, B ^a   Molinari, R L ^b,d   Johns, E ^b,d   Wilson, W D ^b,d   Leaman, K D ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; FLOW FIELD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; UPPER OCEAN;

(TROPICAL NORTHWEST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033556535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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