Three Agulhas rings observed during the Benguela Current Experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C9, 1999, Pages 20971-20985

  Garzoli, Silvia L ^a   Richardson, Philip L ^b   Duncombe Rae, Christopher M ^c   Fratantoni, David M ^b   Goñi, Gustavo J ^a   Roubicek, Andreas J ^a  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT RING; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

AGULHAS CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0033567589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900060     Document Type: Article

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