Seasonal and interannual modulation of the eddy kinetic energy in the Caribbean sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2041-2055

  Jouanno, Julien ^a   Sheinbaum, Julio ^a   Barnier, Bernard ^b   Molines, Jean Marc ^b   Candela, Julio ^a  

^a CICESE   (France)

^b LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

Baroclinic flows; Mesoscale processes; Ocean circulation; Regional models; Upwelling downwelling

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC FLOWS; MESOSCALE PROCESS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; REGIONAL MODEL; UPWELLING/DOWNWELLING;

ENERGY CONVERSION; KINETICS;

KINETIC ENERGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; DOWNWELLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPWELLING; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; COLOMBIAN BASIN; GUAJIRA PENINSULA;

EID: 84872000334     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-048.1     Document Type: Article

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