Equatorward translation of the Vitoria Eddy in a numerical simulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Campos, Edmo J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOPHYSICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; VORTEX FLOW;

CYCLONIC EDDIES; CYCLONIC VORTEX; EQUATORIAL TRANSLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RIDGE;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CIRCULATION MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; VORTEX FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL CURRENT;

EID: 34548556309     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026997     Document Type: Article

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