Variations in the Malvinas Current volume transport since October 1992

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Spadone, Aurelie ^a   Provost, Christine ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BRAZIL CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CURRENT METERS; DATA SETS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; JASON-1; LONG TIME SERIES; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEASONAL CYCLE; SHORT PERIODS; SPECTRAL COMPOSITION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; VELOCITY VARIATIONS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS;

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FLOW STRUCTURE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TIME SERIES; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MALVINAS CURRENT;

EID: 66149174933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004882     Document Type: Article

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