Life history of an anticyclonic eddy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Sangra P ^a   Pelegri J L ^b   Hernandez Guerra A ^a   Arregui, Igor ^c   Martin J M ^a   Marrero Diaz A ^a   Martinez A ^a   Ratsimandresy, Andry W ^d   Rodriguez Santana A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^d Puertos del Estado   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; MESOSCALE EDDY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 19944373121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002526     Document Type: Article

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