Effect of the Canary Islands in the blockage and mixing of the North Atlantic eastern water masses

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Machin F ^a   Pelegri J L ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; WIND STRESS;

HYDROGRAPHIC CRUISE; INVERSE MODEL; MIXING MODEL; WATER MASSES;

GEOPHYSICS;

MIXING; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33645648818     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025048     Document Type: Article

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