Characteristics of intermediate water flow in the Benguela current as measured with RAFOS floats

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-118

  Richardson, P L ^a   Garzoli, S L ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; WATER WAVES;

WATER FLOW;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CURRENT VELOCITY; DRIFTER; INTERMEDIATE WATER; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037223104     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00380-6     Document Type: Article

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