Direct observations of the upper layer circulation in the southern Gulf of Mexico

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-194

  Pérez Brunius, Paula ^a   García Carrillo, Paula ^a   Dubranna, Jean ^a   Sheinbaum, Julio ^a   Candela, Julio ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bay of Campeche; Cyclonic gyre; Equivalent barotropic; Loop Current Eddies; Topographic steering; Wind driven circulation

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC; BAY OF CAMPECHE; CYCLONIC GYRE; LOOP CURRENT EDDIES; TOPOGRAPHIC STEERING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

CORRELATION; CYCLONE; DATA ACQUISITION; EDDY; GYRE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SURFACE FLUX; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; UPPER OCEAN; VORTICITY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84873444429     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.07.020     Document Type: Article

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