Eddy-train encounters with a continental boundary: A south atlantic case study

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1548-1565

  Azevedo, José L L ^a   Nof, Doron ^a,b   Mata, Mauricio M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddies

Indexed keywords

AGULHAS CURRENT; ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; CONTACT ZONE; EDDIES; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; VERTICAL WALL; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; ZONAL CURRENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

PARALLEL FLOW;

ANTICYCLONE; BOUNDARY CURRENT; EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; VORTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84868088474     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-027.1     Document Type: Article

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