Subtropical mode waters in the South Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C9, 1999, Pages 21033-21049

  Provost, Christine ^a   Escoffier, Christelle ^a   Maamaatuaiahutapu, Keitapu ^b   Kartavtseff, Annie ^a   Garçon, Véronique ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

^c Lab d'Etudes Geophys/Oceanograph   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER VENTILATION; MODE WATER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WATER MASS;

(SOUTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033567635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900049     Document Type: Article

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