Satellite observations of seasonal and interannual changes of sea level and currents over the Scotian slope

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1051-1065

  Han, Guoqi ^a  

^a NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL;

SATELLITE OBSERVATION; SEASONAL CHANGES; SURFACE SLOPE CIRCULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SLOPE;

EID: 34249037385     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3036.1     Document Type: Article

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