The upper ocean circulation at Great Meteor Seamount. Part I: Structure of density and flow fields

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 179-193

  Mohn, Christian ^a,b   Beckmann, Aike ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrography; Internal tides; Meteor Seamount; Numerical model; Tidal rectification; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644228864     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-002-0017-4     Document Type: Article

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