Comparison of three velocity sections of the Agulhas current and Agulhas undercurrent

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C12, 2000, Pages 28585-28593

  Donohue, Kathleen A ^a,c   Firing, Eric ^a,d   Beal, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d Graduate School of Oceanography ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; UNDERCURRENT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

AGULHAS CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0034481349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000201     Document Type: Review

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