Death of three loop current rings

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-60

  Lipphardt Jr , Bruce L ^a   Poje, A C ^b   Kirwan, Jr ^a   Kantha, L ^c   Zweng, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CURRENT RING; CYCLONE; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 48749103413     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224008784815748     Document Type: Article

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