A model study of the vertically integrated transport variability through the Yucatan Channel: Role of Loop Current evolution and flow compensation around Cuba

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Lin, Yuehua ^a   Greatbatch, Richard J ^b   Sheng, Jinyu ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; COMPENSATION EFFECTS; DENSITY ANOMALIES; FLOW COMPENSATION; GROWTH PHASE; GULF OF MEXICO; INTEGRATED TRANSPORT; LOOP CURRENT; MODEL STUDY; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; TIME-SCALES; WARM WATER; WIND FORCING; YUCATAN;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; DENSITY FRONT; FLOW MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WARM WATER; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN CHANNEL;

EID: 73949093764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005199.     Document Type: Article

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