Somali Current rings in the eastern Gulf of Aden

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Fratantoni, David M ^a   Bower, Amy S ^a   Johns, William E ^b   Peters, Hartmut ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; STORMS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; VORTEX FLOW;

CURRENT RING; EDDY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; SOCOTRA; SOUTH YEMEN; YEMEN;

EID: 34548541674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003338     Document Type: Article

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