On the influence of bottom topography on the Agulhas eddy

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 892-912

  Kamenkovich, Vladimir M ^a,b   Leonov, Yurii P ^a   Nechaev, Dmitrii A ^a   Byrne, Deirdre A ^b   Gordon, Arnold L ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGULHAS EDDY; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY EFFECT; EDDIES;

INDIAN OCEAN, WALVIS RIDGE;

EID: 0029953457     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0892:OTIOBT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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