Observed characteristics of Mozambique Channel eddies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Swart, N C ^a,b   Lutjeharms, J R E ^a   Ridderinkhof, H ^c   De Ruijter, W P M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN;

AGULHAS CURRENT; CYCLONIC EDDY; EDDY HEAT FLUXES; IN-SITU; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MOZAMBIQUE; REFERENCE STATIONS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SURFACE VELOCITY; TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES; VERTICAL SECTION; WARM EDDY; WATER COLUMNS; WATER MASS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTICYCLONE; CHANNEL FLOW; EDDY COVARIANCE; HEAT FLUX; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; VELOCITY PROFILE; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

AGULHAS CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL;

EID: 77956485612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005875     Document Type: Article

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