Introduction to the "Inter-ocean exchange around southern Africa"

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Richardson, P L ^a   Lutjeharms, J R E ^b   Boebel, O ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; STORMS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CYCLONIC EDDIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CURRENT VELOCITY; MESOSCALE EDDY; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MASS;

(SOUTH); (WEST); ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0037218246     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00376-4     Document Type: Article

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