Observations of seamount-attached eddies in the North Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C6, 1997, Pages 12441-12456

  Bograd, Steven J ^a   Rabinovich, Alexander B ^b   Leblond, Paul H ^a   Shore, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEE EDDIES; MESOSCALE FEATURES; SEAMOUNTS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

PACIFIC, EMPEROR SEAMOUNT CHAIN;

EID: 0030840234     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC00585     Document Type: Article

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