Structure and origin of the subtropical South Indian Ocean Countercurrent

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Siedler, Gerold ^a   Rouault, Mathieu ^b   Lutjeharms, Johann R E ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; WATER WAVES;

EAST MADAGASCAR CURRENT; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; PLANETARY WAVE; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT; SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN COUNTERCURRENT (SICC); SUBTROPICAL UNDERWATER SUBDUCTION;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ALTIMETRY; COUNTERCURRENT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OCEANIC CURRENT; PLANETARY WAVE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 34548031857     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027399     Document Type: Article

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