Florida Current meandering and evolution of cyclonic eddies along the Florida Keys Reef Tract: Are they interconnected?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Kourafalou, Vassiliki H ^a   Kang, Heesook ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VORTEX FLOW;

CORAL REEF; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONIC EDDY; EDDY DISSIPATION; FLORIDA; FLORIDA CURRENT; FLORIDA KEYS; GULF OF MEXICO; GULF STREAM; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYBRID COORDINATE OCEAN MODELS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; ISLAND CHAINS; LOOP CURRENT; OCEAN COLOR; SOUTH FLORIDA;

REEFS;

COASTAL ZONE; CORAL REEF; CYCLOGENESIS; EDDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING METHOD; MEANDER; OCEAN COLOR; OCEANIC CURRENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VORTEX FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DRY TORTUGAS; FLORIDA CURRENT; FLORIDA KEYS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; STRAITS OF FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84861016393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007383     Document Type: Article

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