Path and variability of the Agulhas Return Current

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-56

  Boebel, Olaf ^a,b,c   Rossby, Tom ^a   Lutjeharms, Johann ^b   Zenk, Walter ^d   Barron, Charlie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS;

CYCLONIC EDDIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CURRENT MEANDERING; CYCLONE; MESOSCALE EDDY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0037220910     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00377-6     Document Type: Article

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