Looping RAFOS floats in the California Current System

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 42-61

  Collins, Curtis A ^a   Margolina, Tetyana ^a   Rago, Thomas A ^a   Ivanov, Leonid ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

California Current; California Undercurrent; Isobaric floats; Meddies; Mesoscale eddies; Topographic drag

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; ISOBARIC FLOATS; MEDDIES; MESOSCALE EDDY;

DRAG;

PLATINUM;

COASTAL ZONE; CYCLONE; DRAG; EDDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ROTATING FLOW; UNDERCURRENT;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84873466198     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.07.027     Document Type: Article

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