Summer circulation in the Mexican tropical Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 587-607

  Trasvina A ^a,b   Barton, E D ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Geostrophic currents; Mesoscale eddies; Surface currents; Wind

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; DATA ACQUISITION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEAWATER; WATER WAVE EFFECTS; WIND;

ALTIMETRY; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; MESOSCALE EDDIES; SURFACE CURRENTS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

ALTIMETRY; COASTAL CIRCULATION; EDDY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HURRICANE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 43149124172     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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