Isopycnal displacements within the Cape Basin thermocline as revealed by the Hydrographic Data Archive

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1285-1300

  Giulivi, Claudia F ^a   Gordon, Arnold L ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

20 41 S); Agulhas Current system; Hydrography; Intermediate water; Oceanic eddies; Retroflection; The Southeast Atlantic Ocean (10 W 21 E; Thermocline water; Water masses

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; STORMS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WATER;

AGULHAS CURRENT SYSTEM; HYDROGRAPHY; OCEANIC EDDIES; RETROFLECTION; THERMOCLINE WATER; WATER MASSES;

CATCHMENTS;

ANOMALY; ANTICYCLONE; DISPLACEMENT; HYDROGRAPHY; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CURRENT; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SALINITY; THERMOCLINE; WATER MASS;

AGULHAS CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN; WALVIS RIDGE;

EID: 33748108529     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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