A Loop Current-induced jet along the edge of the West Florida Shelf

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2239-2242

  Hetland, Robert D ^a   Hsueh, Ya ^a   Leben, Robert R ^b,d   Niiler, Pearn P ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; SATELLITES; SEA LEVEL; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

CONDUCTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MEASUREMENTS OF; PRESSURE RESPONSE; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; SATELLITE-TRACKED SURFACE DRIFTERS; STEEP TOPOGRAPHY; LOOP CURRENT INDUCED JET; WEST FLORIDA SHELF;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

CURRENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0033429870     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900463     Document Type: Article

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