Observed circulation in the Solomon Sea from SADCP data

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 88, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 116-130

  Cravatte, Sophie ^a   Ganachaud, Alexandre ^a,b   Duong, Quoc Phi ^c   Kessler, William S ^d   Eldin, Gérard ^a,b   Dutrieux, Pierre ^e  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; BRITAIN; DATA COVERAGE; LOW LATITUDES; NEAR-SURFACE; NEW GUINEA COASTAL UNDERCURRENT; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; TRANSPORT VARIABILITY; WESTERN BOUNDARY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

STREAM FLOW;

DOPPLER EFFECT;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOCLINE; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

CORAL SEA; LOUISIADE ARCHIPELAGO; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SAINT GEORGE'S CHANNEL; SOLOMON SEA;

EID: 79551481889     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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