Structure and downstream evolution of the Agulhas Current system during a quasi-synoptic survey in February-March 2003

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Cásal, Tânia G D ^a,b   Beal, Lisa M ^a   Lumpkin, Rick ^b   Johns, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OCEAN ENGINEERING; SURVEYS;

AGULHAS CURRENT; CURRENT METERS; CYCLONIC EDDY; EAST COAST; FOUR SECTIONS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIAN THROUGHFLOW; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; INVERSE MODELS; MASS TRANSPORT; MESOSCALE; RECIRCULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SVERDRUP TRANSPORT; SYNOPTIC SURVEYS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

EDDY; HYDROGRAPHY; MASS TRANSPORT; OVERTURN; THROUGHFLOW; UNDERCURRENT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

AGULHAS CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 67649207671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004954     Document Type: Article

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