Mesoscale eddies in the Gulf of Aden and their impact on the spreading of Red Sea Outflow Water

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-39

  Bower, Amy S ^a   Furey, Heather H ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; ARABIAN SEA; BOUNDARY UNDERCURRENTS; CYCLONIC EDDY; DEPTH RANGE; DIFFUSIVE CONVECTION; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; GULF OF ADEN; HISTORICAL DATA; HORIZONTAL GRADIENTS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU DATA; INDIAN OCEAN; LAGRANGIAN OBSERVATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN OUTFLOW WATERS; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXING PROCESS; NORTH ATLANTIC; OPEN OCEAN; OUTFLOW WATERS; RED SEA; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL ANOMALY; SELFPROPAGATION; SUB-MESOSCALE EDDIES; SUMMER MONSOON; WESTERN BOUNDARY; WIND STRESS CURL; WINDS BLOWING;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; SEA LEVEL;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ANTICYCLONE; AZIMUTH; CONVERGENCE; CYCLONE; DIFFUSION; EKMAN LAYER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE EDDY; OUTFLOW; SALINITY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TRAJECTORY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND STRESS;

ARABIAN SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF OF ADEN; HADRAMAWT; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SOCOTRA; SOMALI CURRENT; YEMEN;

EID: 84858286600     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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