Observations of recurrent mesoscale eddies in the eastern Mediterranean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C9, 1996, Pages 20687-20709

  Matteoda, Anna M ^a   Glenn, Scott M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION CHARACTERISTICS; MESOSCALE EDDIES; PROPAGATION; RECURRENT EDDIES; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, (EAST);

EID: 0030424170     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC01111     Document Type: Article

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