A Subtropical Oceanic Ring of Magnitude (STORM) in the Eastern North Atlantic: Physical, chemical and biological properties

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 4003-4021

  Mourio, Beatriz ^a   Fernández, Emilio ^a   Escánez, José ^b   De Armas, Demetrio ^b   Giraud, Sylvie ^c   Sinha, Bablu ^d   Pingree, Robin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c CLS   (France)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e The Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTHERMS; NITRATES; OXYGEN; SEA LEVEL; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CYCLONIC EDDY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CHLOROPHYLL; CYCLONE; EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 2142645011     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00139-X     Document Type: Article

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