The Canary Eddy Corridor: A major pathway for long-lived eddies in the subtropical North Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2100-2114

  Sangrà, Pablo ^a   Pascual, Ananda ^b   Rodríguez Santana, Ángel ^a   Machín, Francisco ^c   Mason, Evan ^a   McWilliams, James C ^d   Pelegrí, Josep L ^c   Dong, Changming ^d   Rubio, Anna ^e   Arístegui, Javier ^a   Marrero Díaz, Ángeles ^a   Hernández Guerra, Alonso ^a   Martínez Marrero, Antonio ^a   Auladell, Maricel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Eddies demography; Eddy corridor; Eddy tracking; Long lived eddies; Northeastern subtropical Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; ORGANIC CARBON; REMOTE SENSING; STORMS; TROPICS;

EDDIES DEMOGRAPHY; EDDY CORRIDOR; EDDY TRACKING; LONG-LIVED EDDIES; NORTHEASTERN SUBTROPICAL ATLANTIC;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTICYCLONE; CYCLONE; EDDY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; KINETIC ENERGY; MASS TRANSPORT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; TRACKING; UPWELLING; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 71949094370     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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