High frequency satellite surveillance of Gulf of Mexico loop current frontal eddy cyclones

MTS/IEEE Biloxi - Marine Technology for Our Future: Global and Local Challenges, OCEANS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Walker, Nan ^a   Leben, Robert ^b   Anderson, Steven ^c   Haag, Alaric ^a   Pilley, Chet ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c HORIZON MARINE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; DEEPWATER; DEEPWATER EXPLORATION; EXTREME EVENTS; GULF OF MEXICO; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH-ENERGY EVENTS; LOOP CURRENT; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; MODELING CAPABILITIES; OCEAN FEATURE; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS; OPERATIONAL SENSORS; PROJECT GOALS; REMOTE SENSING TOOLS; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL SIGNATURES; TRIGGER MECHANISM; WARM CORE RINGS; WATER COLUMNS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GAS INDUSTRY; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MARINE ENGINEERING; MONITORING; OCEAN CURRENTS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; STORMS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE WATERS;

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 77951572954     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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