Vertical structure of currents in the vicinity of the Iceland-Scotland Ridge

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1963-1975

  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; FLOW STRUCTURE; OCEANIC CURRENT; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ICELAND-FAROE RIDGE; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 26844541515     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-1963-2005     Document Type: Article

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