Summer generation of the Southern Gulf of Colifornia eddy train

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Zamudio, Luis ^a,b   Hogan, Patrick ^b   Metzger, E Joseph ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

DOWNWELLING; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; EDDY; OCEAN COLOR; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TIDE GAUGE; TRAPPED WAVE; UPPER OCEAN;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 49549085731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004467     Document Type: Article

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