Is interleaving in the Agulhas Current driven by near-inertial velocity perturbations?

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 932-945

  Beal, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALT WATER INTRUSION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SUBSURFACE DENSITY LAYER; WATER MASS STRUCTURE;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CURRENT VELOCITY; DENSITY CURRENT; INERTIA; INTERMEDIATE WATER; PERTURBATION; SALINITY; SHEAR FLOW; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURFACE WATER; TROPICAL REGION;

AGULHAS CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 34249108866     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3040.1     Document Type: Article

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