The connectivity of eddy variability in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C1, 1999, Pages 1431-1453

  Murphy, Sylvia J ^a   Hurlburt, Harley E ^a   O'Brien, James J ^b,c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c R M Johnson Building   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; CONNECTIVITY; EDDY; INFLOW; ISLAND ARC; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0033556666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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