Monsoon-like winds reverse oceanic circulation in the Panama Bight

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Devis Morales, Andrea ^a   Schneider, Wolfgang ^a   Montoya Sánchez, Raúl A ^a   Rodríguez Rubio, Efrain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b Centro Control Contaminación del Pacífico   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILITARY OPERATIONS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STREAM FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WIND;

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; COLOMBIA; CYCLONIC EDDIES; DATA SETS; DIPOLE STRUCTURES; IN-SITU; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS; SEA SURFACE WINDS; SEASONAL CIRCULATIONS; WIND STRESS CURLS; WINDS BLOWS;

WIND STRESS;

EDDY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; JET; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PANAMA BIGHT;

EID: 58249091589     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035172     Document Type: Article

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