Annual cycle and interannual variability of the mid-depth tropical Atlantic Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-219

  Brandt, Peter ^a   Eden, Carsten ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND EFFECTS;

ANNUAL CYCLES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; VELOCITY FIELDS; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CURRENT VELOCITY; DENSITY; KELVIN WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; WIND FORCING;

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

EID: 15944390649     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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