Spatio-temporal characteristics of the Agulhas Current retroflection

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1392-1405

  Dencausse, Guillaume ^a   Arhan, Michel ^a   Speich, Sabrina ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Agulhas Current retroflection; Altimetry; Indo Atlantic exchanges; Spatio temporal variations

Indexed keywords

AGULHAS CURRENT; ALTIMETRY; ANNUAL CYCLE; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; INDO-ATLANTIC EXCHANGES; PHASE SHIFTED; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; RESIDENCE TIME; RING FORMATION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; VELOCITY COMPONENTS;

LOCATION; PROBABILITY; TIME SERIES;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ASYMMETRY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CYCLONE; DATA SET; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RESIDENCE TIME; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEAMOUNT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

AGULHAS CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77957759973     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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