Cyclones and westward propagation in the shedding of anticyclonic rings from the loop current

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 161, Issue , 2005, Pages 241-261

  Schmitz, William J ^a,b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b WHOI   (United States)

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EID: 84961390339     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/161GM18     Document Type: Chapter

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