Direct velocity measurements in the Malvinas Current

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C9, 1999, Pages 21083-21103

  Vivier, Frédéric ^a   Provost, Christine ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; FLOW STRUCTURE; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MALVINAS CURRENT;

EID: 16744363196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900163     Document Type: Article

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