On the evolution of the thermocline and subthermocline eastward currents in the Equatorial Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 32-1-32-4

  Bourles B ^a   D'Orgeville, M ^b   Eldin, G ^c   Gouriou, Y ^d   Chuchla, R ^a   DuPenhoat, Y ^c   Arnault, S ^e  

^a IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

^c LEGOS   (France)

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

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN STRUCTURES;

THERMOCLINE;

GEOPHYSICS;

MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; THERMOCLINE; ZONAL FLOW;

(EQUATORIAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0242684617     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015098     Document Type: Article

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