Cleavage of a Gulf of Mexico Loop Current eddy by a deep water cyclone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C9, 1996, Pages 20629-20641

  Biggs, D C ^a   Fargion, G S ^a,b,e   Hamilton, P ^c   Leben, R R ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hughes/Earth Observing Syst D   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UCB 450   (United States)

^e Hughes/Earth Observing Syst DIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEAVAGE; CYCLONIC CIRCULATION; EDDIES; LOOP CURRENT;

GULF OF MEXICO;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030430754     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC01078     Document Type: Article

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