Seasonal and interannual variability of surface circulation in the Cape Verde region from 8 years of merged T/P and ERS-2 altimeter data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-62

  Lázaro, Clara ^a   Fernandes, M Joana ^a   Santos, A Miguel P ^b   Oliveira, Paulo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Absolute dynamic topography; Cape Verde Archipelago; Eddy kinetic energy; Geostrophic surface currents; Northeast Atlantic Ocean; Satellite altimetry; Sea level anomaly; Seasonal and interannual variations

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; KINETIC ENERGY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ABSOLUTE DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; CAPE VERDE ARCHIPELAGO; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; GEOSTROPHIC SURFACE CURRENTS; NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL ANOMALY; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CIRCULATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE VERDE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 24344490696     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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