Observed eddy dissipation in the Agulhas Current

Abstract Analyzing eddy characteristics from a global data set of automatically tracked eddies for the Agulhas Current in combination with surface drifters as well as geostrophic currents from satellite altimeters, it is shown that eddies from the Mozambique Channel and south of Madagascar dissipate...

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Main Authors: Laura Braby, Björn C. Backeberg, Isabelle Ansorge, Michael J. Roberts, Marjolaine Krug, Chris J. C. Reason
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-08-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069480
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