Modeling the initial, fast Sea-Surface Height decay of Agulhas ring "Astrid"

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 299-319

  Drijfhout, S S ^a   Katsman, C A ^b   De Steur, L ^b   Van der Vaart, P C F ^b   Van Leeuwen, P J ^b   Veth, C ^c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BAROCLINIC COMPONENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037220913     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00386-7     Document Type: Article

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