Structure and surface properties of eddies in the southeast Pacific Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2295-2309

  Holte, James ^a   Straneo, Fiamma ^a   Moffat, Carlos ^b   Weller, Robert ^a   Farrar, J Thomas ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

eddies; Southeast Pacific; upper ocean

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITES; STORMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EDDIES; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTHEAST PACIFIC; SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; UPPER-OCEAN;

HEAT FLUX;

COASTAL WATER; DATA SET; EDDY; HEAT FLUX; SALINITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE LAYER; SURFACE PRESSURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 84880687170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20175     Document Type: Article

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