The upper ocean circulation at Great Meteor Seamount. Part II: Retention potential of the seamount-induced circulation

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 194-204

  Beckmann, Aike ^a   Mohn, Christian ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lagrangian floats; Meteor seamount; Numerical model; Passive tracers; Vertical migration; Wind effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644288884     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-002-0018-3     Document Type: Article

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