Circulation and variability in the Chile Basin

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1367-1386

  Shaffer, Gary ^a,b   Hormazabal, Samuel ^b   Pizarro, Oscar ^c   Ramos, Marcel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c Ctro Invest Oceanografica C   (Chile)

Author keywords

Abyssal circulation; Chile Basin; Current measurement; Deep currents; Eastern boundary currents; Eastern South Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DATA REDUCTION; OCEAN CURRENTS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

COASTAL CURRENTS; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 4143081357     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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