SOFAR floats reveal midlatitude intermediate North Atlantic general circulation. Part II: An Eulerian statistical view

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2034-2053

  Ollitrault, Michel ^a   Colin de Verdière, Alain ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DATA REDUCTION; EDDY CURRENTS; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRAJECTORIES;

RIDGE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DRIFTER; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MESOSCALE EDDY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036635371     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<2034:SFRMIN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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