Lagrangian study of the Panama Bight and surrounding regions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Chaigneau, Alexis ^a,b   Abarca del Rio, Rodrigo ^b   Colas, François ^c,d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; JETS; OCEAN CURRENTS; VORTICITY; WIND;

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; COUNTERCURRENT; EDDY; EL NINO; GYRE; KINETIC ENERGY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VORTICITY;

EID: 34548528344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003530     Document Type: Article

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