Eddy analysis in the subtropical zonal band of the North Pacific Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 68, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-67

  Liu, Yu ^a,b   Dong, Changming ^c   Guan, Yuping ^a   Chen, Dake ^d   McWilliams, James ^c   Nencioli, Francesco ^e  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Mesoscale eddies; Remote sensing; Subtropical North Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; DATA SETS; EDDY DETECTION; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; GROWING PERIOD; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; MESOSCALE EDDY; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; SUBTROPICAL AREA; TEMPORAL INFORMATION; VELOCITY VECTORS; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

OCEAN CURRENTS; REMOTE SENSING;

TROPICS;

ANTICYCLONE; ARGO; CYCLONE; DATA SET; EDDY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HALOCLINE; KINETIC ENERGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; THERMOCLINE; VELOCITY PROFILE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84865061397     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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