The Mindanao and Halmahera Eddies - Twin Eddies induced by nonlinearities

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2815-2830

  Arruda, Wilton Z ^a   Nof, Doron ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS;

CYCLONIC EDDIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

EID: 1642456517     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2815:TMAHEE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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