Surface currents in the Canary Basin from drifter observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C9, 2000, Pages 21893-21911

  Zhou, Meng ^a   Paduan, Jeffrey D ^b   Niiler, Pearn P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; SURFACE LAYER; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY BASIN;

EID: 0033674462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc900096     Document Type: Article

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