Variability of the horizontal velocity structure in the upper 1600 m of the water column on the equator at 10°W

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1287-1304

  Bunge, Lucia ^a,b   Provost, Christine ^a   Lilly, Jonathan M ^a   D'Orgeville, Marc ^c   Kartavtseff, Annie ^a   Melice, Jean Luc ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centre Bretagne   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; JETS; MOORING; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN STRUCTURES; WATER WAVES;

HORIZONTAL VELOCITY STRUCTURE; LOWERED ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER (LADCP); QUASIPERIODIC OSCILLATIONS; WATER COLUMN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; MOORING SYSTEM; OSCILLATION; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 33748541652     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2908.1     Document Type: Article

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