Northward penetration of Antarctic intermediate water off Northwest Africa

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 512-535

  Machin F ^a   Pelegri J L ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATERS; BOUNDARY PROPAGATION; CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA; CLIMATOLOGICAL DATASETS; DOUBLE DIFFUSION; FAR NORTH; MEDITERRANEAN WATERS; MIXING ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; VORTICITY BALANCE; WATER MASS; WIND DATA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

WATER ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; GYRE; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIXING RATIO; VORTICITY; WIND FORCING;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 67649992243     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3825.1     Document Type: Article

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