Impact of the equatorial deep jets on estimates of zonal transports in the Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 409-428

  Schmid, C ^a   Bourlès, Bernard ^b   Gouriou, Yves ^b  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER (AAIW); JET STRUCTURES; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER (NADW); ZONAL EQUATORIAL FLOW;

JETS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; VELOCITY PROFILE; ZONAL FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 16244408085     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.12.008     Document Type: Article

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