Agulhas cyclones

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-34

  Lutjeharms, J R E ^a   Boebel, O ^a,b,c   Rossby, H T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; SATELLITES; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

SHEAR EDGE EDDIES;

STORMS;

CYCLONE; DRIFTER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0037218466     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00378-8     Document Type: Article

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