Generation and growth mechanism of the natal pulse

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1597-1612

  Tsugawa, Motohiko ^a   Hasumi, Hiroyasu ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Currents

Indexed keywords

AGULHAS CURRENT; ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; AT-SPEED; CURRENTS; GENERATION AND GROWTH; MEAN FLOW; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS;

PULSE GENERATORS;

ANTICYCLONE; CIRCULATION MODELING; CURRENT VELOCITY; EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

AGULHAS CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 78049272828     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4347.1     Document Type: Article

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