On the dynamics of the Zapiola Anticyclone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C9, 1999, Pages 21137-21149

  De Miranda, Anne P ^a,c   Barnier, Bernard ^a,c   Dewar, William K ^b  

^a Institut de Mecanique de Grenoble   (France)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CIRCULATION MODELING; EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ZAPIOLA DRIFT;

EID: 0033567590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900042     Document Type: Article

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