Structure of the Atlantic Ocean equatorial deep jets

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 600-609

  Johnson, Gregory C ^a   Zhang, Dongxiao ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JETS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

WAVELENGTHS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CURRENT VELOCITY; JET FLOW; ROSSBY WAVE; VERTICAL PROFILE; ZONAL FLOW;

(EQUATORIAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141563389     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0600:SOTAOE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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