Upwelling filaments off cap blanc: Interaction of the NW african upwelling current and the cape verde frontal zone eddy field?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Meunier, T ^a   Barton, E D ^b   Barreiro, B ^b   Torres, R ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ALTIMETRIC DATA; ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; DYNAMICAL PROPERTIES; FRONTAL ZONES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROGRAPHIC STRUCTURES; IN-SITU DATA; MESOSCALE STRUCTURE; NORTH ATLANTIC; RELATIVE VORTICITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTH ATLANTIC; UPWELLING FILAMENTS; UPWELLING SYSTEMS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; EDDY; FRONTAL FEATURE; HYDROGRAPHY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING;

CAPE BLANC; CAPE VERDE;

EID: 84865714689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC007905     Document Type: Article

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