Low-salinity pools at Barbados, West Indies: Their origin, frequency, and variability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C8, 2000, Pages 19699-19708

  Kelly, Peter S ^a   Lwiza, Kamazima M M ^a   Cowen, Robert K ^a,c   Goni, Gustavo J ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERN; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

BARBADOS;

PISCES;

EID: 0033664324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900328     Document Type: Article

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