A shallow subtropical subducting westward propagating eddy (Swesty)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1710, 1996, Pages 979-1026

  Pingree, R D ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDIES; OCEANS;

CURRENT STRUCTURE; EDDIES; HYDROGRAPHY; SUBTROPICAL SUBDUCTING;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0029854617     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1996.0039     Document Type: Article

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