Wind work on the geostrophic ocean circulation: An observational study of the effect of small scales in the wind stress

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Hughes, Chris W ^a   Wilson, Chris ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS; WIND STRESS;

GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; WIND STRESS;

EID: 42549093035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004371     Document Type: Article

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