Modelling the shear edge eddies of the southern Agulhas Current

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 11-13, 2003, Pages 1099-1115

  Lutjeharms, J R E ^a   Penven, P ^a,b,c,d   Roy, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^d Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

19 E 25 E; Agulhas Bank; Agulhas Bank shelf bight Geographic bounding coordinates: 34 S 37 ; Agulhas current; Bottom topography effects; Boundary currents; Ocean models; Oceanic eddies; Shear edge eddies, Regional index terms: South Africa

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; BOUNDARY CURRENT; CIRCULATION MODELING; EDDY; OCEANIC CURRENT;

AGULHAS CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0242405581     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(03)00106-7     Document Type: Article

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