Topographic Rossby waves in the Gulf of Mexico

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-31

  Hamilton, Peter ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CAMPECHE BANK; COHERENT SIGNALS; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CURRENT METERS; CURRENT VARIABILITY; DEEP BASIN; DEEP ENERGY LEVELS; DEEPWATER; EDDY-SHEDDING; ENERGETIC SURFACE; GULF OF MEXICO; LAGRANGIAN; LOOP CURRENT; MEAN FLOW; MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; MODEL SIMULATION; MODEL STUDY; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; PLANETARY WAVES; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PRESSURE GAUGES; RELATIVE VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; STEEP SLOPE; TWO LAYERS; UPPER LAYER; WATER COLUMNS; WAVEFIELDS; WESTERN SIDE;

ENERGY TRANSFER; GAGES; GAS INDUSTRY; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHASE INTERFACES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

VORTICITY;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ROSSBY WAVE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATER COLUMN; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 68349093966     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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