The potential vorticity flux through the Yucatan Channel and the Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 16-1-16-4

  Candela, Julio ^a   Sheinbaum, Julio ^a   Ochoa, José ^a   Badan, Antoine ^a   Leben, Robert ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; EDDY CURRENTS; VORTEX FLOW;

LOOP CURRENTS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ANTICYCLONE; CYCLONE; EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; VORTEX FLOW;

GULF OF MEXICO; YUCATAN CHANNEL;

EID: 0242417546     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl015587     Document Type: Article

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