The zonal currents and transports at 35°W in the tropical Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Schott, Friedrich A ^a   Dengler, Marcus ^a   Brandt, Peter ^a   Affler, Karina ^a   Fischer, Jürgen ^a   Bourlès, Bernard ^b   Gouriou, Yves ^c   Molinari, Robert L ^d   Rhein, Monika ^e  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^d ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; OCEAN CURRENTS; GEOPHYSICS;

CURRENT PROFILING; BOTTOM CIRCULATION; BRAZILIAN COAST; DEEP CURRENTS; EQUATORIAL INTERMEDIATE CURRENTS; EQUATORIAL UNDERCURRENTS; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; ZONAL CURRENTS;

GEOPHYSICS; EARTH SCIENCES;

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

(TROPICAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141762449     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016849     Document Type: Article

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