The gyre-scale circulation of the North Atlantic and sea level at Brest

Ocean Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 185-190

  Woodworth, P L ^a   Pouvreau, N ^b   Woppelmann G ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; GYRE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIME SERIES; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BELARUS; BREST [BELARUS];

EID: 76849111164     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-6-185-2010     Document Type: Article

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