Relating Agulhas leakage to the Agulhas Current retroflection location

Ocean Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 511-521

  Van Sebille, E ^a   Barron, C N ^b   Biastoch, A ^c   Van Leeuwen, P J ^a,e   Vossepoel, F C ^a,d,f   De Ruijter, W P M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^f SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

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EID: 77649186450     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-5-511-2009     Document Type: Article

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