Generation of cyclonic eddies by the Agulhas Current in the lee of the Agulhas Bank

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1055-1058

  Penven, P ^a   Lutjeharms, J R E ^a   Marchesiello, P ^a   Roy, C ^a   Weeks, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; STORMS;

THERMAL INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGES;

EDDY CURRENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CURRENT; CYCLONE; EDDY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035866881     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011760     Document Type: Article

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