On the seasonal circulation within the Panama Bight derived from satellite observations of wind, altimetry and sea surface temperature

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Rodríguez Rubio, Efraín ^a   Schneider, Wolfgang ^a   del Río, Rodrigo Abarca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; SATELLITES; STORMS; WIND; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMMERCE; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS;

SEASONAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL CURRENTS; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MERIDIONAL MIGRATION; NORTH ATLANTIC; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL PATTERNS;

GEOPHYSICS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

ALTIMETRY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PANAMA BIGHT;

EID: 0141762324     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016794     Document Type: Article

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