Mesoscale eddies off Peru in altimeter records: Identification algorithms and eddy spatio-temporal patterns

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 79, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 106-119

  Chaigneau, Alexis ^a,b   Gizolme, Arnaud ^a,b   Grados, Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

Eastern South Pacific; Eddy characteristics; Eddy identification algorithms; Eddy life cycles; Humboldt current systems; Mesoscale activity; Spatio temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; LANDFORMS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; STORMS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WINDING;

EASTERN SOUTH-PACIFIC; EDDY CHARACTERISTICS; EDDY IDENTIFICATION ALGORITHMS; EDDY LIFE CYCLES; HUMBOLDT CURRENT SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE ACTIVITY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

VORTEX FLOW;

ALGORITHM; ANTICYCLONE; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; EDDY; LIFE CYCLE; OCEANIC CURRENT; PROBABILITY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 56749178645     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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