Seasonal variability of the equatorial undercurrent termination and associated salinity maximum in the Gulf of Guinea

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3025-3046

  Kolodziejczyk, Nicolas ^a   Marin, Frédéric ^b,c   Bourlès, Bernard ^b,d   Gouriou, Yves ^d   Berger, Henrick ^e  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

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

^d IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^e IFREMER   (France)

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EID: 84896586531     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2107-7     Document Type: Article

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