Loop current cycle: Coupled response of the loop current with deep flows

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 458-471

  Chang, Y L ^a,b   Oey, L Y ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Currents; Eddies

Indexed keywords

COUPLED RESPONSE; CURRENTS; DEEP FLOW; EDDIES; GULF OF MEXICO; LOOP CURRENT; LOW FREQUENCY; MASS FLUX; NET CIRCULATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; THROUGHFLOW; TIME-SCALES; VERTICAL FLUXES; YUCATAN;

COUPLING; DIVERGENCE; EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; THROUGHFLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOOP CURRENT; YUCATAN CHANNEL;

EID: 79251506414     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4479.1     Document Type: Article

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