Yucatan Channel flow: Observations versus CLIPPER ATL6 and MERCATOR PAM models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Candela, Julio ^a   Tanahara, Sorayda ^b   Crepon, Michel ^b   Barnier, Bernard ^c   Sheinbaum, Julio ^a  

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

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary currents; Current variability; Currents; Exchange flows; Yucatan Channel

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CURRENT; CURRENT VELOCITY; WATER EXCHANGE; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 1842762092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc001961     Document Type: Article

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