Coherent variability of the Norwegian Atlantic Slope Current derived from TOPEX/ERS altimeter data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Skagseth, Øystein ^a   Orvik, Kjell Arild ^a   Furevik, Tore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINE WATER;

LARGE-SCALE WIND FIELDS; NORWEGIAN ATLANTIC CURRENT (NWAC);

OCEAN CURRENTS;

OCEANIC CURRENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 4644300462     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020057     Document Type: Article

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