The origin of an anomalous ring in the southeast Atlantic

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 8 PART 2, 1999, Pages 2050-2064

  Mcdonagh, Elaine L ^a   Heywood, Karen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT RING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033392339     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2050:tooaar>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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