Formation of an Azores current to Mediterranean Overflow in a modeling study of the North Atlantic

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2342-2358

  Jia, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; FORMATION MECHANISM; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; OUTFLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES CURRENT;

EID: 0033765192     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<2342:FOAACD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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