The origin of deep zonal flows in the Brazil Basin

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 580-599

  Treguier, A M ^a   Hogg, N G ^b   Maltrud, M ^c   Speer, K ^d   Thierry, V ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; OCEAN CURRENTS; WIND;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; DEEP WATER; DRIFTER; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND FORCING; ZONAL FLOW;

(SOUTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141563392     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0580:TOODZF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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