Dipoles of the South East Madagascar Current

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 558-562

  Ridderinkhof, W ^a   Le Bars, D ^a   Von Der Heydt, A S ^a   De Ruijter, W P M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agulhas; altimetry; dipoles; Indian Ocean; physical oceanography; SEMC

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

AGULHAS; ALTIMETRY; DIPOLES; INDIAN OCEAN; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SEMC;

VORTEX FLOW;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; VORTEX; VORTICITY;

AGULHAS CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 84878188187     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50157     Document Type: Article

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