Bermuda's tale of two time series: Hydrostation S and BATS

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 554-571

  Phillips, Helen E ^a,b   Joyce, Terrence M ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; PRESSURE; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

HYDROGRAPHIC TIME SERIES; WATERMASS PROPERTY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DENSITY CURRENT; EDDY; SALINITY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; WATER MASS; WAVE FIELD;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 34247519662     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2997.1     Document Type: Article

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