Seasonal and spatial SST variability in the Agulhas retroflection and Agulhas return current

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1611-1625

  Weeks, S J ^a   Shillington, F A ^a   Brundrit, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0032191572     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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