Underwater glider observations and modeling of an abrupt mixing event in the upper ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ruiz, Simón ^a   Renault, Lionel ^b   Garau, Bartolomé ^b   Tintoré, Joaquín ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System SOCIB ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIXING; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; BALEARIC ISLANDS; BUOYANCY FORCING; ENERGY EXCHANGES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROGRAPHIC PROFILES; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEAN MONITORING; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE COOLING; UNDERWATER GLIDERS; UPPER OCEAN; VERTICAL MIXING; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WIND INTENSIFICATION;

GLIDERS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BUOYANCY; CYCLONE; MIXING; MONITORING SYSTEM; MOORING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL VARIATION; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; UNDERWATER VEHICLE; UPPER OCEAN;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; BALEARIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 84855864783     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050078     Document Type: Article

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