A connection between the South Equatorial Current north of Madagascar and Mozambique Channel Eddies

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Backeberg, B C ^a,b   Reason, C J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Mozambique Channel eddies; South Equatorial Current

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNELS; SATELLITE ALTIMETER DATA; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENTS; SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 84897643033     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041950     Document Type: Article

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