Spreading of Red Sea overflow waters in the Indian Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C4, 2000, Pages 8549-8564

  Beal, Lisa M ^a,b   Ffield, Amy ^a   Gordon, Arnold L ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXING; SALINITY; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0033675155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900306     Document Type: Article

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