South Atlantic mass transports obtained from subsurface float and hydrographic data

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 819-850

  Rodrigues, Regina R ^a,b   Wimbush, Mark ^a   Watts, D Randolph ^a   Rothstein, Lewis M ^a   Ollitrault, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GYRE; HYDROGRAPHY; MASS TRANSPORT; OCEANIC CURRENT; WATER FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BENGUELA CURRENT; BRAZIL CURRENT; CAPE BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN; MALVINAS CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 80051500283     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224010796673858     Document Type: Article

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