CFC-113 shows Brazil Eddy crossing the South Atlantic to the Agulhas Retroflection region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C1, 1996, Pages 885-895

  Smythe Wright, D ^a   Gordon, A L ^b   Chapman, P ^c   Jones, M S ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL EDDY; CFC; EDDIES; TRACERS; TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC, (SOUTH);

EID: 0029768960     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JC02751     Document Type: Article

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