Cold filamentary intensification and oceanic surface convergence lines

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  McWilliams, J C ^a   Colas, F ^a   Molemaker, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AGEOSTROPHIC SECONDARY CIRCULATIONS; DOWN-WELLING; EXPONENTIAL RATES; HORIZONTAL DEFORMATION; LINE SPACING; MESOSCALE EDDY; REFLECTANCE IMAGES; REGIONAL CIRCULATION; SHRINKING RATES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE VELOCITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SOLUTIONS;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; DOWNWELLING; FRONTOGENESIS; MESOSCALE EDDY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACTANT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 72149104764     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039402     Document Type: Article

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