Seasonal variability on the West Florida Shelf

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 104, Issue , 2012, Pages 80-98

  Liu, Yonggang ^a   Weisberg, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; ANCILLARY DATA; BAROCLINICITY; COASTAL SEA LEVEL; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEEP OCEAN; DENSITY VARIATIONS; DOWN-WELLING; FLORIDA; GULF OF MEXICO; INVERTED BAROMETER EFFECTS; LOCAL FORCING; LOOP CURRENT; OCEAN RESPONSE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF CIRCULATION; SPIN-UP; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; SUMMER MONTHS; SYNOPTIC SCALE VARIABILITY; TAMPA BAY; WATER COLUMNS;

METEOROLOGY;

SEA LEVEL;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ARRAY; CLIMATOLOGY; DEEP SEA; EKMAN LAYER; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UPWELLING; VELOCITY; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA SHELF; GULF OF MEXICO; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866271060     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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