Mesoscale eddies in the subantarctic front - Southwest Atlantic

Scientia Marina

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages 7-15

  Glorioso, Pablo D ^a,b   Piola, Alberto R ^c   Leben, Robert R ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Universidad de Buenos Aires ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddies; Falkland Malvinas Current; Mesoscale; Southwest Atlantic; Transport

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; CURRENT; EDDY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 30344486971     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 02148358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2005.69s27     Document Type: Article

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