Signature of the coastal circulation variability in altimetric data in the southern Bay of Biscay during winter and fall 2004

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-158

  Herbert, G ^a,c   Ayoub, N ^a,c   Marsaleix, P ^b,c   Lyard, F ^a,c  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Coastal ocean circulation; Iberian Poleward Current; Symphonie numerical model; TOPEX Poseidon and Jason 1 altimetry

Indexed keywords

BAY OF BISCAY; COASTAL OCEAN; IBERIAN POLEWARD CURRENT; SYMPHONIE NUMERICAL MODEL; TOPEX/POSEIDON;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOORING; OCEAN STRUCTURES;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; DATA SET; JASON-1; MOORING SYSTEM; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; SPAIN;

EID: 79960454094     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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