The Eastern Boundary Current system between the Canary Islands and the African Coast

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 3427-3440

  Knoll, M ^a,e   Hernandez Guerra A ^b   Lenz, B ^a   Lopez Laatzen F ^c   Machin F ^b   Muller T J ^a   Siedler, G ^a,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^d Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

^e Bundeswehr fuer Wasserschall und Geophysik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FLOW OF WATER; MOORING; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

DENSITY RANGES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; FLOW VELOCITY; OCEANIC CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0036392932     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00105-4     Document Type: Article

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