North Brazil Current rings and transport of southern waters in a high resolution numerical simulation of the North Atlantic

Elsevier Oceanography Series

Volumn 68, Issue C, 2003, Pages 375-409

  Garraffo, Zulema D ^a   Johns, William E ^a   P Chassignet, Eric ^a   Goni, Gustavo J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 77956764724     PISSN: 04229894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0422-9894(03)80155-1     Document Type: Article

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