Moored current observations in the Mozambique Channel

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 12-13, 2003, Pages 1933-1955

  Ridderinkhof, H ^a   De Ruijter, W P M ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MASS TRANSFER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EDDIES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CHANNEL FLOW; CURRENT VELOCITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

INDIAN OCEAN; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL;

EID: 0038010378     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(03)00041-9     Document Type: Article

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