Eulerian measurements of the North Atlantic Deep Water deep western boundary current at 18°S

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 971-986

  Weatherly, Georges L ^a   Kim, Yoo Yin ^a   Kontar, Evgeny A ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EULERIAN MODEL; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033941548     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<0971:EMOTNA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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