Interannual to decadal changes in the western boundary circulation in the Atlantic at 11°S

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 7615-7622

  Hummels, Rebecca ^a   Brandt, Peter ^a   Dengler, Marcus ^a   Fischer, Jürgen ^a   Araujo, Moacyr ^b   Veleda, Doris ^b   Durgadoo, Jonathan V ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

western boundary circulation

Indexed keywords

TROPICS;

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; CIRCULATION CHANGES; DECADAL CHANGE; DEEP WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; NORTH ATLANTIC; SUBTROPICAL CELL; WESTERN BOUNDARY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; BOUNDARY CURRENT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER MASS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BRAZIL;

EID: 84945475586     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL065254     Document Type: Article

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