Circulation and volume flux of the North Atlantic using synoptic hydrographic data in a Bernoulli inverse

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-35

  Cunningham, Stuart A ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034082425     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224000321511188     Document Type: Article

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