Eddy properties in the California Current System

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Kurian, Jaison ^c   Colas, Francois ^c   Capet, Xavier ^a   McWilliams, James C ^c   Chelton, Dudley B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OCEAN HABITATS; SEA LEVEL; STORMS;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEMS; EDDY DETECTION; HIGH NONLINEARITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; MODEL SOLUTION; PROPAGATION SPEED; ROTATION SPEED; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL ANOMALY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPACE AND TIME; TRANSPORTING MATERIALS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WEST COAST;

SURFACES;

ALGORITHM; AMPLITUDE; ANTICYCLONE; NONLINEARITY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VORTICITY;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052340019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006895     Document Type: Article

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