Sources of the equatorial undercurrent in the Atlantic in a high-resolution ocean model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 677-693

  Hazeleger, Wilco ^a   De Vries, Pedro ^a   Friocourt, Yann ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; VENTILATION;

STREAMFUNCTIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEEP WATER VENTILATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; UNDERCURRENT; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038510809     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)33<677:SOTEUI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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