The mesoscale variability in the Caribbean Sea. Part II: Energy sources

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 226-239

  Jouanno, Julien ^a   Sheinbaum, Julio ^a   Barnier, Bernard ^b   Molines, Jean Marc ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Embedding; Instability; Mesoscale eddies; Ocean model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GROWTH (MATERIALS); RAIN; STORMS; THEOREM PROVING;

CARIBBEAN; EMBEDDING; INSTABILITY; MESOSCALE EDDIES; OCEAN MODEL;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; CYCLONE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GYRE; JET; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; OVERTURN; SIMULATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA; COLOMBIAN BASIN; LESSER ANTILLES; VENEZUELAN BASIN;

EID: 57749091291     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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