Surface circulation in the Alborn Sea (western Mediterranean) inferred from remotely sensed data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Renault, L ^a   Oguz, T ^a,b   Pascual, A ^c   Vizoso, G ^c   Tintore, J ^a,c  

^a SOCIB   (Spain)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEAN CURRENTS; REMOTE SENSING;

ABSOLUTE DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; ANTI-CYCLONIC GYRE; CIRCULATION SYSTEMS; CYCLONIC GYRE; DECADAL TIMESCALE; GIBRALTARS; INTERANNUAL; REGIONAL SCALE; REMOTE SENSING DATA; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); STABLE STATE; SURFACE CIRCULATION; SURFACE GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; TRANSIENT CHANGES; TRANSPORT RATE; WESTERN AREA; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

ALTIMETRY; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTICYCLONE; CIRCULATION MODELING; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PERTURBATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 84864833460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007659     Document Type: Article

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