Eddies and Jets Over the Slope of the Northeast Gulf of Mexico

Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico: Observations and Models

Volumn 161, Issue , 2013, Pages 123-142

  Hamilton, Peter ^a   Lee, Thomas N ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocean circulation Mexico, Gulf of Mathematical models; Ocean circulation Mexico, Gulf of Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; STORMS;

COUNTER CURRENT; EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; GULF OF MEXICO; LOOP CURRENT; ME-XICO; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO; SLOPE CURRENTS;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

EID: 36248963077     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/161GM010     Document Type: Chapter

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