The meandering path of a drifter around the western Alboran Gyre

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 685-692

  García Lafuente, Jesús ^a   Delgado, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIDAL POWER; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

GYRE; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DRIFTER; GYRE; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 1842786312     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/3516.1     Document Type: Article

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