The transition zone of the Canary Current upwelling region

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 455-504

  Barton, E D ^a   Aristegui, J ^b   Tett, P ^c   Canton, M ^d   Garcia Braun J ^e   Hernandez Leon S ^f   Nykjaer, L ^a   Almeida, C ^a   Almunia, J ^b   Ballesteros, S ^c   Basterretxea, G ^d   Escanez, J ^e   Garcia Weill L ^f   Hernandez Guerra A ^f   Lopez Laatzen F ^d   Molina, R ^a   Montero, M F ^b   Navarro Perez E ^a   Rodriguez J M ^b   Van Lenning, K ^a   Velez H ^a   Wild, K ^e   more..

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f Santa Cruz de Tenerife   (Spain)

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EID: 0344625361     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(98)00023-8     Document Type: Article

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