Amazon and Orinoco River plumes and NBC rings: Bystanders or participants in hurricane events?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 316-333

  Ffield, Amy ^a  

^a Earth and Space Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE DEVICES; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMAL PLUMES;

AMAZON RIVER PLUME; NORTH BRAZIL CURRENT (NBC) RINGS; ORINOCO RIVER PLUME;

HURRICANES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; HURRICANE; OCEANIC CURRENT; RIVER PLUME; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE LAYER; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND VELOCITY;

AMAZON RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); ORINOCO RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846915696     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3985.1     Document Type: Article

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