On the driving mechanism of the annual cycle of the Florida current transport

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 824-839

  Czeschel, Lars ^a   Eden, Carsten ^a   Greatbatch, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT MODELS; ADJOINTS; ANNUAL CYCLE; BAROCLINIC; BAROCLINIC MODE; BAROCLINIC WAVES; BAROTROPIC; COASTAL UPWELLING; DOWN-WELLING; DRIVING MECHANISM; FLORIDA; FLORIDA CURRENT; LOCAL FORCING; MAXIMUM VALUES; MEAN FLOW; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; NORTH AMERICAN; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL CYCLE; SHELF EDGES; WAVE TRAIN; WESTERN SIDE;

OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WIND STRESS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AMPLITUDE; BAROCLINIC MODE; BAROTROPIC WAVE; OCEANIC CURRENT; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPWELLING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; STRAITS OF FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864509725     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0109.1     Document Type: Article

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