Pathways and variability of the off-equatorial undercurrents in the Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Hüttl Kabus, Sabine ^a   Böning, Claus W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONES; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; WATER WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EDDY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; UNDERCURRENT; UPWELLING; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 57549106019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004700     Document Type: Article

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