Interaction of Mediterranean water eddies with Sedlo and Seine Seamounts, Subtropical Northeast Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 2593-2605

  Bashmachnikov, I ^a   Mohn, C ^b   Pelegri J L ^c   Martins, A ^a   Jose, F ^a   Machin F ^c   White, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

26.8 14.2 W; Meddies; Region of study 33.8 40.3 N; Seamount; Topographic interaction

Indexed keywords

CTD DATA; CURRENT METERS; HEAT EXCHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN WATER EDDIES; MEDITERRANEAN WATERS; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; UPPER OCEAN;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; OCEAN CURRENTS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EDDY; HEAT BALANCE; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; MOORING SYSTEM; OUTFLOW; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEAMOUNT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TOPOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 71849083054     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.036     Document Type: Article

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