Vertical structure of mesoscale eddies in the eastern South Pacific Ocean: A composite analysis from altimetry and Argo profiling floats

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Chaigneau, Alexis ^a,b,c   Le Texier, Marie ^d   Eldin, Gérard ^c   Grados, Carmen ^b   Pizarro, Oscar ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; STREAM FLOW;

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; ARGO FLOAT; COASTAL CURRENTS; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; CROSS-SHORE TRANSPORT; CURRENT SYSTEM; CYCLONIC EDDY; EASTERN SOUTH-PACIFIC; EDDY FORMATION; EDDY STRUCTURES; HISTORICAL RECORDS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MESOSCALE EDDY; PERU-CHILE UNDERCURRENT; POTENTIAL DENSITY; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PROFILING FLOAT; SALT TRANSPORT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY DATA; THERMOHALINE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VOLUME ANOMALIES; WATER COLUMNS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTICYCLONE; COASTAL CURRENT; HEAT TRANSFER; MESOSCALE EDDY; SALINITY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; THERMOCLINE; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 81755168301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007134     Document Type: Article

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