Wind ringing of the ocean in presence of mesoscale eddies

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Klein, P ^a   Lapeyre, G ^a   Large, W G ^b  

^a Centre Bretagne   (France)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXING; TURBULENCE; WIND;

ANTICYCLONIC STRUCTURES; HIGH FREQUENCY (HF) WINDS; INERTIAL MOTIONS; MESOSCALE EDDIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WIND FORCING;

EID: 7044237512     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020274     Document Type: Article

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