Physical and chemical signatures of a developing anticyclonic eddy in the Leeuwin Current, eastern Indian Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Paterson, Harriet L ^a   Feng, Ming ^b   Waite, Anya M ^a   Gomis, Damià ^c   Beckley, Lynnath E ^d   Holliday, David ^d   Thompson, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DOPPLER RADAR; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURVEYING;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ANTICYCLONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MIXED LAYER; NITRIFICATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING; WATER MASS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; LEEUWIN CURRENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 51749119884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004707     Document Type: Article

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