Eddy resolving modelling of the Gulf of Lions and Catalan Sea

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 991-1003

  Garreau, Pierre ^a   Garnier, Valérie ^b   Schaeffer, Amandine ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

Author keywords

Catalan eddies; Catalan Shelf; Coastal modelling; Gulf of Lions; LATEX eddy; Western Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; CATALANS; COASTAL CURRENTS; COASTAL MODELLING; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DENSE WATERS; GENERATION PROCESS; GULF OF LION; GULF OF LIONS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; WARM WATER; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WIND STRESS CURL;

WIND STRESS;

LATEXES;

ANTICYCLONE; COASTAL CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EDDY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL ENERGY; WIND STRESS;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 81255205108     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0399-2     Document Type: Article

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