Observation of a western Alborán gyre migration event

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 190-210

  Velez Belchi P ^a   Vargas Yanez M ^b   Tintore J ^c  

^a Santa Cruz de Tenerife   (Spain)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Albor n Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Mesoscale features; Upper ocean variability; Water masses; Western Albor n gyre

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS;

ANTICYCLONIC VORTICES; HIGH RESOLUTION SAMPLING; LAGRANGIAN FLOATS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GYRE; WATER MASS;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 23444440496     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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