Eddies and Tropical Instability Waves in the eastern tropical Pacific: A review

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 69, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 218-238

  Willett, Cynthia S ^a   Leben, Robert R ^a   Lavín, Miguel F ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Eastern tropical Pacific; Eddy dynamics; Mesoscale eddies; Tropical instability waves; Tropical oceanography

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; INFRARED IMAGING; MASS TRANSFER; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SATELLITES;

EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; EDDY DYNAMICS; ENERGY PROPAGATION; MESOSCALE EDDIES; TROPICAL INSTABILITY WAVES; TROPICAL OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CYCLONE; INFRARED IMAGERY; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEAN WAVE; PYCNOCLINE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NICARAGUA; NORTH AMERICA; OAXACA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA CANAL; PANAMA CANAL ZONE; TEHUANTEPEC;

EID: 33744505291     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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