Tropical wave-induced oceanic eddies at Cabo Corrientes and the María Islands, Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Zamudio, Luis ^a   Hurlburt, Harley E ^b   Metzger, E Joseph ^b   Tilburg, Charles E ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER WAVES; WIND;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; COASTAL CURRENT; DOWNWELLING; EDDY; EL NINO; ERS-2; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN WAVE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TOPEX-POSEIDON; TRAPPED WAVE; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; MARIA ISLANDS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); SAINT LUCIA; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

EID: 41049102758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC004018     Document Type: Article

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