Instabilities in the Agulhas Retroflection Current system: A comparative model study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C2, 2000, Pages 3233-3241

  Wells, N C ^a   Ivchenko, V O ^a,b   Best, S E ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INSTABILITY;

AGULHAS CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0033675161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900283     Document Type: Review

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