Model-inferred upper ocean circulation in the eastern tropics of the North Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1093-1120

  Elmoussaoui, A ^a,c   Arhan, M ^a,b   Treguier, A M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; WATER; WIND;

BASIN-WIDE GYRE; EASTERN TROPICS; TROPICAL GYRE; WATER MASS TRANSITION;

TROPICS;

CIRCULATION; COUNTERCURRENT;

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

EID: 23044453538     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2005.01.010     Document Type: Article

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