A modeling study of circulation and eddies in the persian gulf

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2122-2134

  Thoppil, Prasad G ^a   Hogan, Patrick J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddies; Ocean circulation; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BASIN SCALE; BASIN-SCALE CIRCULATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL CURRENTS; CYCLONIC CIRCULATION; CYCLONIC EDDY; DENSITY GRADIENTS; EDDIES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYBRID COORDINATE OCEAN MODELS; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE EDDY; MODELING STUDIES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; OCEAN CIRCULATION; PERSIAN GULF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL SCALE; STRONG STRATIFICATION; WATER COLUMNS; WINTER COOLING;

CHLOROPHYLL; OCEANOGRAPHY; PORPHYRINS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ICE;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; COASTAL CURRENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY CURRENT; EDDY; MESOSCALE EDDY; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF; STRAIT OF HORMUZ;

EID: 78049267277     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4227.1     Document Type: Article

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