Observations of intermittent deep currents and eddies in the Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Kolodziejczyk, Nicolas ^a,b   Ochoa, José ^a   Candela, Julio ^a   Sheinbaum, Julio ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; BAROTROPIC; CURRENT METERS; CYCLONIC VORTICITY; DEEP CURRENTS; DEEP LAYER; GULF OF MEXICO; LOOP CURRENT; MEASURED CURRENTS; NEAR-SURFACE; WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO;

STORMS;

ANTICYCLONE; CYCLONE; EDDY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84866718588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC007890     Document Type: Article

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