The surface thermal signature and air–sea coupling over the Agulhas rings propagating in the South Atlantic Ocean interior

Souza, J. M. A. C.; Chapron, B.; Autret, E.

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The surface thermal signature and air–sea coupling over the Agulhas rings propagating in the South Atlantic Ocean interior

J. M. A. C. Souza, B. Chapron, and E. Autret

J. M. A. C. Souza

Laboratoire d'Oceanographie Spatiale (LOS), IFREMER, Centre Brest, 29280, Plouzané, France

now at: Department of Oceanography, School of Ocean and Earth Science Technology (SOEST), University of Hawaii, 1000 Pope Rd., MSB, Honolulu, 96822 HI, USA

B. Chapron

Laboratoire d'Oceanographie Spatiale (LOS), IFREMER, Centre Brest, 29280, Plouzané, France

E. Autret

Laboratoire d'Oceanographie Spatiale (LOS), IFREMER, Centre Brest, 29280, Plouzané, France

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