Vertical structure of extreme currents in the Faroe-Bank Channel

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1977-1986

  Carollo, C ^a   Astin, I ^b   Graff, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c British Maritime Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oceanography: Physical (Currents: General circulation: General or miscellaneous)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CURRENT VELOCITY; EXTREME EVENT; FLOW STRUCTURE; OCEANIC CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE BANK; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 26844491982     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-1977-2005     Document Type: Article

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