Submesoscale vortex structures at the entrance of the Gulf of Lions in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 724-732

  Allou, Alexandre ^a   Forget, Philippe ^b   Devenon, Jean Luc ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal circulation; HF radar; Moored ADCP; Northwestern Mediterranean Sea; Submesoscale vortex

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COASTAL CIRCULATION; MEANDER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MESOSCALE MOTION; MOORING SYSTEM; RADAR; SEA SURFACE; VORTEX; WIND MEASUREMENT;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77950300360     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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