Physical characteristics and dynamics of the coastal Latex09 eddy derived from in situ data and numerical modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 399-409

  Kersale M ^a,b,c   Petrenko, A A ^a,b,c   Doglioli, A M ^a,b,c   Dekeyser, I ^a,b,c   Nencioli, F ^a,b,c  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; CONDUCTIVITY TEMPERATURE DEPTHS; GENERATION MECHANISM; NORTH-WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEAS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ADVECTION; ANTICYCLONE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VORTICITY;

CATALONIA; GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 84878950015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008229     Document Type: Article

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