Eddy and wind-forced heat transports in the Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2728-2742

  Chang, Y L ^a,b   Oey, L Y ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Eddies; Heating; Transport; Wind

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN SEA; DOWN-WELLING; EDDIES; GULF OF MEXICO; HEAT INPUT; HEAT TRANSPORT; LOOP CURRENT; OCEAN HEAT CONTENT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PRINCETON OCEAN MODEL; SHELF BREAK; TRANSPORT; WATER EXCHANGE; WIND FORCES; WIND MIXING; YUCATAN;

HEATING;

COASTAL ZONES;

DOWNWELLING; EDDY; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; MIXING; SHELF BREAK FRONT; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER EXCHANGE; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 79251491012     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4474.1     Document Type: Article

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