Intercomparison of the upper layer circulation of the western equatorial Atlantic Ocean: In situ and satellite data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C9, 1999, Pages 21171-21194

  Arnault, S ^a,c   Bourles B ^b   Gouriou, Y ^b   Chuchla, R ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Ctr Inst Rech le Devmt de Brest   (France)

^c Lab Biochim Signaux Regulateurs C   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL; TOPEX-POSEIDON; UPPER OCEAN;

(EQUATORIAL WEST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033567582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900124     Document Type: Review

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