New insights in the French Guiana continental shelf circulation and its relation to the North Brazil Current retroflection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Baklouti, M ^a   Devenon, J L ^b   Bourret, A ^b   Froidefond, J M ^c   Ternon, J F ^a   Fuda, J L ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOORING; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; MODIS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; SHELF DYNAMICS;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547884993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003520     Document Type: Article

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