Translation, decay and splitting of Agulhas rings in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C9, 2000, Pages 21913-21925

  Schouten, Mathijs W ^a   De Ruijter, Will P M ^a   Van Leeuwen, Peter Jan ^a   Lutjeharms, Johann R E ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; CURRENT RING; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

(SOUTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033664352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000046     Document Type: Article

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