Upstream control of Agulhas Ring shedding

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Schouten, Mathijs W ^a   de Ruijter, Wilhelmus P M ^a   van Leeuwen, Peter Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agulhas Current; Agulhas Ring shedding; Eddy eddies; Indian Ocean; Interocean exchange; Mozambique channel

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE EDDY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

AGULHAS CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0037104893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc000804     Document Type: Article

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