Why does the Loop Current tend to shed more eddies in summer and winter?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Chang, Y L ^a   Oey, L Y ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE;

CARIBBEAN SEA; EDDY-SHEDDING; GULF OF MEXICO; LOOP CURRENT; LOOP CURRENT EDDIES; SEASONAL WIND; TRADE WINDS; YUCATAN;

WIND;

EASTERLY WAVE; EDDY; OCEANIC CURRENT; SUMMER; TRADE WIND; WIND FORCING; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84863240689     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050773     Document Type: Article

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