Isopycnal Lagrangian statistics from the North Atlantic Current RAFOS float observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C7, 2001, Pages 13817-13836

  Zhang, Huai Min ^a   Prater, Mark D ^a   Rossby, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; EDDY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NEWFOUNDLAND BASIN; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT;

EID: 0034867096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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