A near-inertial mode observed within a Gulf Stream warm-core ring

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1797-1806

  Joyce, Terrence M ^a   Toole, John M ^a   Klein, Patrice ^b   Thomas, Leif N ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

near inertial waves; velocity fine structure; warm core ring

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; CONSTANT VELOCITIES; FINE STRUCTURES; GULF STREAM; MOORED ARRAYS; NEAR-INERTIAL WAVES; OCEAN VELOCITY; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ANTICYCLONE; ARRAY; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PYCNOCLINE; VELOCITY; VORTEX; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

EID: 84878095563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20141     Document Type: Article

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