The influence of Gulf of Mexico loop current intrusion on the transport of the Florida Current

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1075-1084

  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

Florida Current; Loop Current; Sea surface height anomaly; Straits of Florida; Transport variation; Yucatan Channel

Indexed keywords

FLORIDA; FLORIDA CURRENT; LOOP CURRENT; SEA-SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALIES; TRANSPORT VARIATION; YUCATAN;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CURRENT DIRECTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

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

EID: 77958111192     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-010-0308-0     Document Type: Article

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