Surface layer circulation derived from Lagrangian drifters in the Bay of Biscay

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 109-110, Issue SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Charria, Guillaume ^a   Lazure, Pascal ^a   Le Cann, Bernard ^b   Serpette, Alain ^c   Reverdin, Gilles ^d   Louazel, Stéphanie ^c   Batifoulier, François ^a   Dumas, Franck ^a   Pichon, Annick ^c   Morel, Yves ^e  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SHOM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^e SHOM   (France)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Lagrangian drifters; Seasonal circulation; Shelf circulation

Indexed keywords

BAY OF BISCAY; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CYCLONIC CIRCULATION; DATA SETS; DEEP OCEAN; INTERANNUAL FLUCTUATIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LAGRANGIAN DRIFTERS; PRE-PROCESSING; SHELF CIRCULATION; SLOPE CURRENTS; SURFACE LAYERS; WEAK CURRENTS; WESTWARD CURRENT;

CLIMATOLOGY; TRAJECTORIES;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BAY; BUOY SYSTEM; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CYCLONE; DATA SET; DEEP SEA; DRIFTER; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; SURFACE LAYER; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; SPAIN;

EID: 84871622414     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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