North Brazil Current ring generation and evolution observed with sea WiFS

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1058-1074

  Fratantoni, David M ^a   Glickson, Deborah A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; RIVERS; SENSORS; VISUALIZATION;

OCEANIC RINGS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GYRE; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWIFS; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

(TROPICAL WEST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036505398     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<1058:NBCRGA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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