Westward moving waves or eddies (Storms) on the Subtropical/Azores Front near 32.5°N? Interpretation of the Eulerian currents and temperature records at moorings 155 (35.5°W) and 156 (34.4°W)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 239-276

  Pingree, Robin ^a,c   Sinha, Bablu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c The Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altimeter; Currents; Eddies; Model; Subsurface floats; Waves

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; EDDY CURRENTS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MOORING; STORMS;

HYDROGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

CURRENT; EDDY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WAVE;

AZORES;

EID: 0034951573     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(01)00019-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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