On the nature of oceanic eddies shed by the Island of Gran Canaria

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 687-709

  Sangra P ^a   Auladell, M ^b   Marrero Diaz A ^a   Pelegri J L ^b   Fraile Nuez, E ^a   Rodriguez Santana A ^a   Martin J M ^a   Mason, E ^a   Hernandez Guerra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Drifters; Gran Canaria Island; Inertial stability; Lagrangian current measurement; Oceanic eddies; Oceanic Islands; Rotation rate

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; ISOTHERMS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; VORTEX FLOW;

CYCLONIC VORTEX; DRIFTERS; INERTIAL STABILITY; LAGRANGIAN CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; OCEANIC EDDIES; RADIAL VELOCITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DRIFTER; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAN CANARIA; LAS PALMAS; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34247492782     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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