Transports through the Straits of Florida

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 308-322

  Hamilton, Peter ^a   Larsen, Jimmy C ^b   Leaman, Kevin D ^c   Lee, Thomas N ^c   Waddell, Evans ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; CHANNEL FLOW; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CROSS-CHANNEL TELEPHONE CABLES; FLORIDA CURRENT; MOORED ARRAYS; STRAITS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

OCEANIC CURRENT; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17744386988     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-2688.1     Document Type: Article

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