The role of mesoscale eddies in the source regions of the Agulhas current

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2303-2317

  Biastoch, Arne ^a   Krauss, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

(SOUTH); AGULHAS CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0033367549     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2303:TROMEI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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