Observations of mesoscale eddies in the South Atlantic Cape Basin: Baroclinic and deep barotropic eddy variability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Baker Yeboah, S ^a   Byrne, D A ^b   Watts, D R ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

BACKGROUND FLOW; BAROCLINIC; BAROCLINIC EDDY; BAROTROPIC; BAROTROPIC STRUCTURES; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP CYCLONES; DEEP OCEAN; DEEP WATER; EDDY STRUCTURES; FISSION PROCESS; GROUND-TRACK; JASON-1; MASS LOADINGS; MESOSCALE EDDY; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; SOUTH ATLANTIC; THERMOHALINE; TRANSLATION SPEED; TRANSPORT EXPERIMENTS; UPPER OCEAN;

STORMS;

ADVECTION; ANTICYCLONE; BAROCLINIC MODE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CYCLONE; DEEP SEA; MESOSCALE EDDY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEAMOUNT; THERMOCLINE; WATER COLUMN;

AGULHAS RIDGE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); CAPE BASIN;

ERICA;

EID: 79251582199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006236     Document Type: Article

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