A long-lasting mode water vortex in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 536-558

  Reverdin, Gilles ^a   Gascard, Jean Claude ^a   Le Cann, Bernard ^b   Prieur, Louis ^c   Assenbaum, Michael ^d   Lherminier, Pascale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; AZIMUTHAL VELOCITY; CORIOLIS; CURRENT METERS; ECHELLE; INNER CORE; LONG LASTING; NEAR-INERTIAL INTERNAL WAVES; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN; PEAK VELOCITIES; RELATIVE VORTICITY; SEA LEVEL ANOMALY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACES; TIME-SCALE;

OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEA LEVEL;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTICYCLONE; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; EDDY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODE WATER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TIMESCALE; VORTEX; VORTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 67649989055     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3970.1     Document Type: Article

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