Impact of Caribbean cyclones on the detachment of Loop Current anticyclones

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Athié, Gabriela ^a   Candela, Julio ^a   Ochoa, José ^a   Sheinbaum, Julio ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STORMS;

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; CAMPECHE BANK; CARIBBEAN SEA; COASTAL WATERS; CYCLONIC EDDY; EDDY-SHEDDING; GULF OF MEXICO; INTENSE FLOW; LESSER ANTILLES; LOOP CURRENT; ME-XICO; NORTH ATLANTIC; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; YUCATAN;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

ANTICYCLONE; CYCLONE; EDDY; MOORING SYSTEM; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF OF MEXICO; LESSER ANTILLES; YUCATAN CHANNEL;

EID: 84858300187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007090     Document Type: Article

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