The deep western boundary current at cape farewell: Results from a moored current meter array

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 815-829

  Bacon, Sheldon ^a   Saunders, Peter M ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT METERS; DEEP WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; GREENLAND; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LONG-TERM TREND; STANDARD ERRORS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARRAY; ESTIMATION METHOD; MOORING SYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ARCTIC; CAPE FAREWELL; EGGER ISLAND; GREENLAND;

EID: 77953258741     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4091.1     Document Type: Article

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