Early evolution of an Agulhas Ring

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 141-166

  Schmid, Claudia ^a   Boebel, O ^b   Zenk, W ^c   Lutjeharms, J R E ^d   Garzoli, S L ^e   Richardson, P L ^f   Barron, C ^g  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e Southeast Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^f WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^g NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

INTEROCEANIC EXCHANGE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WATER EXCHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037222977     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00382-X     Document Type: Article

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