On the boundary flow off Brazil at 5-10°S and its connection to the interior tropical Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2002, Pages

  Schott, Friedrich A ^a   Brandt, Peter ^a   Hamann, Meike ^a   Fischer, Jürgen ^a   Stramma, Lothar ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SHIPS;

BOUNDARY FLOWS; EQUATORIAL UNDERCURRENTS; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; PROFILING FLOAT; SUBTROPICAL CELLS; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; WESTERN BOUNDARY; WESTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

TROPICS;

EID: 0036768588     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL014786     Document Type: Article

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