In situ and satellite observations of the eastward migration of the Western Alboran Sea Gyre

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 70, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 486-509

  Flexas, M M ^a,b   Gomis, D ^a   Ruiz, S ^c   Pascual, A ^c   Leon P ^d  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c CLS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alboran sea; Altimetry; Migration; Sea surface temperature; Tendency equation; Western Alboran gyre

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SEAWATER;

ALBORAN SEA; ALTIMETRY; MIGRATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TENDENCY EQUATION; WESTERN ALBORAN GYRE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALTIMETRY; GYRE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MONITORING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33748088981     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2006.03.017     Document Type: Article

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