Vertical structure and temporal evolution of an anticyclonic eddy in the Balearic Sea (western Mediterranean)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2097-2106

  Amores, Angel ^a   Monserrat, Sebastià ^a,b   Marcos, Marta ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic Sea; eddies; hydrography; mooring; Western Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WATERS;

BALEARIC SEA; EDDIES; HYDROGRAPHY; LEVANTINE INTERMEDIATE WATERS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MOORING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTICYCLONE; DATA SET; EDDY; HYDROGRAPHY; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MOORING SYSTEM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; VELOCITY; WATER COLUMN;

BALEARIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84878084012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20150     Document Type: Article

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