Title :
A visible record of eddies in the southern Mozambique Channel
Author :
Quartly, Graham D. ; Srokosz, Meric A.
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Satellite Oceanogr., Southampton Oceanogr. Centre, UK
Abstract :
The flows around Madagascar feed into the Agulhas Current, but there have been few hydrographic studies of the flow within the Mozambique Channel. Some cruise and altimetric data point to this being a region of high mesoscale activity, with eddies migrating through the area. Here we show how ocean colour data throw light on the behaviour of eddies in the southern Mozambique Channel.
Keywords :
feature extraction; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; Agulhas Current; Indian Ocean circulation; Madagascar; SEC; Southern Equatorial Current; altimetric data; chlorophyll concentrations; eddy migration; feature-tracking; high mesoscale activity; hydrographic studies; hydrographic surveys; ocean colour data; retroflection; satellite imagery; southern Mozambique Channel; visible eddy record; Clocks; Clouds; Feeds; Laboratories; NASA; Oceans; Satellites; Sea measurements; Smoothing methods; Water;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293976
