A link between low-frequency mesoscale eddy variability around Madagascar and the large-scale Indian Ocean variability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Palastanga, V ^a   van Leeuwen, P J ^a   de Ruijter, W P M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; STATISTICS; WATER WAVES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; ERS-1; GYRE; KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CURRENT; OSCILLATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL;

EID: 34547964902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003081     Document Type: Article

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