A field study of the behaviour of an anticyclonic eddy on the Catalan continental shelf (NW Mediterranean)

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 142-156

  Rubio, Anna ^a   Arnau, Pedro A ^b   Espino, Manuel ^a   Del Mar Flexas, María ^a   Jordà, Gabriel ^a   Salat, Jordi ^c   Puigdefàbregas, Joan ^a   Arcilla, Agustín S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Grup de Recerca Consolidat en Geociències Marines ^*  (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anticyclone; Catalan continental shelf; Mesoscale; NW Mediterranean; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; EDDY CURRENTS; INFRARED IMAGING; OCEANOGRAPHY; OSCILLATIONS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER (ADCP); ANTICYCLONIC MOTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE VELOCITY;

STORMS;

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 23444456333     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2004.07.012     Document Type: Article

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