A trigger mechanism for loop current ring separations

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 900-913

  Sturges, Wilton ^a   Hoffmann, Nicholas G ^b   Leben, Robert R ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Currents; Satellite observations; Transport

Indexed keywords

CURRENTS; DELAY TIME; FLORIDA; GULF OF MEXICO; LOOP CURRENT; MEAN SEA LEVEL; OFFSHORE SEA LEVEL; OPEN OCEAN; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; TRANSPORT; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

SATELLITES;

SEA LEVEL;

OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOOP CURRENT; STRAITS OF FLORIDA;

EID: 77955590862     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4245.1     Document Type: Article

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