Eddies in the eastern Gulf of Alaska from TOPEX/POSEIDON altimetry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C6, 1999, Pages 13333-13343

  Meyers, Steven D ^a,b   Basu, Sujit ^a,c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

GULF OF ALASKA;

EID: 0032695191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900039     Document Type: Article

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