Interannual variability of Tehuantepec eddies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Zamudio, Luis ^a   Hurlburt, Harley E ^b   Metzger, E Joseph ^b   Morey, Steven L ^a   O'Brien, James J ^a   Tilburg, Charles ^c   Zavala Hidalgo, Jorge ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTICYCLONE; DOWNWELLING; EDDY; EL NINO; TRAPPED WAVE; WIND FORCING;

GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 33744542089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003182     Document Type: Article

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