Observations of the florida and yucatan currents from a caribbean cruise ship

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1575-1581

  Rousset, Clément ^a   Beal, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Currents; North Atlantic Ocean; Ocean circulation; Ship observations; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

CRUISE SHIPS; CURRENTS; FLORIDA; FLORIDA CURRENT; GLOBAL THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SEASONAL AMPLITUDES; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS; TIME-SCALES; YUCATAN;

SHIPS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CURRENT VELOCITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CURRENT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WARM WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); STRAITS OF FLORIDA;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 78049277907     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4447.1     Document Type: Article

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