On the role of the Azores Current in the ventilation of the North Atlantic Ocean

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 163-194

  New, A L ^a   Jia, Y ^a   Coulibaly, M ^b   Dengg, J ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEGI   (France)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; VENTILATION;

OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CURRENT; GYRE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; VENTILATION;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES CURRENT;

EID: 0034975145     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(01)00004-0     Document Type: Review

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