Dynamics at an elongated, intermediate depth seamount in the North Atlantic (Sedlo Seamount, 40°20′N, 26°40′W)

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 2582-2592

  Mohn, Christian ^a   White, Martin ^a   Bashmachnikov, Igor ^b   Jose, Felix ^b   Pelegrí, Josep L ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Seamount dynamics; Sedlo Seamount; Taylor Cones; Vortex pair

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; COMPLEX FLOW; CORIOLIS; CURRENT METERS; CYCLONIC VORTICITY; DEPTH LAYERS; DEPTH RANGE; FAR FIELD; FLOW DYNAMICS; FLOW REVERSALS; HIGH VARIABILITY; HYDROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; IMPINGING FLOW; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; MESOSCALE VARIABILITY; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL SIMULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC; PERSISTENT CURRENTS; RECIRCULATIONS; RELATIVE VORTICITY; RESIDUAL CURRENT; TAYLOR CONE; TAYLOR CONES; TOPOGRAPHIC STEERING; VORTEX PAIR; WATER DEPTH;

AMPLIFICATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; DYNAMICS; MOORING; SIMULATORS; TIME SERIES; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; AMPLIFICATION; FLOW PATTERN; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE EDDY; MOORING SYSTEM; SEAMOUNT; TOPOGRAPHY; VORTICITY; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 71849085005     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.037     Document Type: Article

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