Loop current and deep eddies

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1426-1449

  Oey, L Y ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITIES; CAMPECHE BANKS; DEEP CYCLONES; DOMINANT MODES; FLORIDA; GULF OF MEXICO; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; LOOP CURRENTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; ROSSBY WAVES; SHORT DISTANCES; SHORT PERIODS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

STORMS;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CYCLOGENESIS; DEEP WATER; EDDY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRONT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; ROSSBY WAVE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VORTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAMPECHE BANK; GULF OF MEXICO; LOOP CURRENT;

EID: 50849117036     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3818.1     Document Type: Article

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