Gulf of Mexico circulation within a high-resolution numerical simulation of the North Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Romanou, Anastasia ^a   Chassignet, Eric P ^a   Sturges, Wilton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep circulation; Eddies; Energy conversions; Gulf of Mexico; Layer ocean modeling; Loop Current

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; EDDY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MODEL VALIDATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 2342658397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc001770     Document Type: Article

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