The eddy field of the southeast Atlantic Ocean: A statistical census from the Benguela sources and transports project

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C5, 1996, Pages 11949-11964

  Duncombe Rae, C M ^a   Garzoli, S L ^b,c   Gordon, A L ^b  

^a MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC EDDIES; THERMOCLINE;

ATLANTIC, (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 0029910453     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jc03360     Document Type: Article

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