Satellite observations of an annual cycle in the Agulhas Current

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Krug, M ^a,b   Tournadre, J ^c  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

AGULHAS CURRENT; ANNUAL CYCLE; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; DYNAMICAL CORE; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; HIGH FREQUENCY; IN-SITU; OCEAN MODEL; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL VARIATION;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AGULHAS CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84865425103     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052335     Document Type: Article

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