Study of a mesoscale anticyclonic eddy in the western part of the Gulf of Lion

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-11

  Hu, Z Y ^a   Petrenko, A A ^a   Doglioli, A M ^a   Dekeyser, I ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Gulf of Lion; LATEX project; Mesoscale eddies; Northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; GULF OF LION; LAGRANGIAN DRIFTERS; MESOSCALE ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXED LAYER; NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SATELLITE IMAGES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

DOPPLER EFFECT;

ANTICYCLONE; DATA SET; DOPPLER EFFECT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE EDDY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 79959270681     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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