Dynamics of the combined extra-equatorial and equatorial deep jets in the Atlantic

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-346

  Ménesguen, Claire ^a   Hua, Bach Lien ^a   Fruman, Mark D ^a,b   Schopp, Richard ^a  

^a Centre Bretagne   (France)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC WAVE; BOUNDARY LAYER; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; JET FLOW; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OSCILLATING FLOW; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; ZONAL FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 75649090498     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224009789954766     Document Type: Article

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