Atmospheric driving forces for the Agulhas Current in the subtropics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Fetter, A ^a   Lutjeharms, J R E ^b   Matano, R P ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS; WIND STRESS;

ATMOSPHERIC DRIVING FORCE; BOUNDARY CURRENT; GLOBAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; WIND STRESS FIELD;

GEOPHYSICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; OCEAN BASIN; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TRAPPED WAVE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND FIELD; WIND STRESS;

AGULHAS CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 34948826992     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030200     Document Type: Article

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