Near-surface circulation in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 495-518

  Lumpkin, Rick ^a   Garzoli, Silvia L ^a  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

NEAR-SURFACE CIRCULATION; NORTH BRAZIL CURRENT (NBC); SEMIANNUAL HARMONICS; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT (SEC);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCULATION; CURRENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 14944341783     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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