In situ and remote sensing signature of meddies east of the mid-Atlantic ridge

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Bashmachnikov, I ^a   Machin F ^b   Mendonca A ^a   Martins, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING;

AZORES CURRENTS; DATA ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC SIGNATURE; DYNAMIC STRUCTURE; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; HISTORICAL DATA; IN-SITU; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; MEDITERRANEAN WATER EDDIES; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; REANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SEA SURFACES;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

ALTIMETRY; EDDY; REMOTE SENSING; THERMOCLINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES CURRENT; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 68849097940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005032     Document Type: Article

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