Caribbean Sea eddies inferred from TOPEX/POSEIDON altimetry and a 1/6° Atlantic Ocean model simulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C4, 1999, Pages 7743-7752

  Carton, James A ^a   Chao, Yi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEMIENCLOSED SEA; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 0033560633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900081     Document Type: Article

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