Interannual variability of South Atlantic circulation from 4 years of TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite altimeter observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C9, 1999, Pages 20927-20948

  Witter, Donna L ^a   Gordon, Arnold L ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

(SOUTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033567571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900023     Document Type: Article

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