Caribbean current variability and the influence of the Amazon and Orinoco freshwater plumes

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1451-1473

  Cherubin L M ^a   Richardson, P L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Anticyclone; Carribean; CDOM; Cyclone; Drifter; Instability; MICOM; Numerical modeling; Orinoco; ROMS; Salinity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STORMS;

ANTICYCLONE; DRIFTERS; ISLANDS; RIVER PLUMES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CLIMATE FORCING; CURRENT VELOCITY; CYCLONE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INFLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER PLUME; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; VORTICITY;

AMAZON RIVER; ORINOCO RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547976032     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.04.021     Document Type: Article

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