Monsoon surges trigger oceanic eddy formation and propagation in the lee of the Phillippine Islands

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Pullen, Julie ^a   Doyle, James D ^a   May, Paul ^b   Chavanne, Cedric ^c   Flament, Pierre ^c   Arnone, Robert A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; LANDFORMS; MICROFLUIDICS;

(1 1 1) ORIENTATION; COUNTER-ROTATING; EDDY FORMATION; OCEANIC EDDIES; PHILIPPINES; PROPAGATION DIRECTIONS; PROPAGATION SPEED; WINTER MONSOONS;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLONE; EDDY; JET FLOW; LEE WAVE; MONSOON; STORM SURGE; WAKE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; LUZON; MINDORO; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 45549092361     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL033109     Document Type: Article

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