On the circulation in the upper layer of the western equatorial Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C9, 1999, Pages 21151-21170

  Bourles B ^a   Gouriou, Y ^a   Chuchla, R ^a  

^a IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; UPPER OCEAN;

(EQUATORIAL WEST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033567649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900058     Document Type: Article

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