A numerical study of the Agulhas Retroflection: The role of bottom topography

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2267-2279

  Matano, Ricardo P ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTS; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; OCEANS; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY EFFECTS; CIRCULATION MODELLING;

INDIAN OCEAN, AGULHAS RETROFLECTION;

EID: 0030431709     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<2267:ANSOTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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