Laboratory experiments and observations of cyclonic and anticyclonic eddies impinging on an island

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 762-773

  Andres, Magdalena ^a   Cenedese, Claudia ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EXPERIMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS;

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; BAROTROPIC; CURRENT TRANSPORT; FIELD MEASUREMENT; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; OKINAWA ISLANDS; SCALING ANALYSIS; SELF-PROPAGATING;

LABORATORIES;

ANTICYCLONE; BAROTROPIC MOTION; BUOYANCY; CYCLONE; EDDY; ISLAND; LABORATORY METHOD;

JAPAN; KUROSHIO CURRENT; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; PACIFIC OCEAN; RYUKYU CURRENT; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

EID: 84878933037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20081     Document Type: Article

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