Variability in deep Western boundary current transports: Preliminary results from 26.5°N in the Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Meinen, Christopher S ^a   Baringer, Molly O ^a   Garzoli, Silvia L ^a  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SENSORS;

CURRENT METERS; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION (MOC); RECIRCULATION; TRANSPORT FLUCTUATIONS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BAROTROPIC WAVE; BOTTOM PRESSURE; CURRENT; DEEP WATER; ECHO SOUNDER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSOR; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREAT ABACO;

EID: 33845650854     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026965     Document Type: Article

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