Near-coastal circulation in the Northern Humboldt Current System from shipboard ADCP data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5251-5266

  Chaigneau, Alexis ^a,b   Dominguez, Noel ^c   Eldin, Gérard ^a,b   Vasquez, Luis ^c   Flores, Roberto ^c   Grados, Carmen ^c   Echevin, Vincent ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

ADCP data; alongshore variability; mean structure; NHCS circulation; Peru Chile Undercurrent; seasonal and interannual variability

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; ADCP DATA; ALONGSHORE VARIABILITY; COASTALLY TRAPPED WAVES; EQUATORIAL UNDERCURRENTS; OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELVES; PERU-CHILE UNDERCURRENT; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY;

SHIPS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ANNUAL VARIATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EL NINO; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAPPED WAVE; UNDERCURRENT; VELOCITY PROFILE;

ECUADOR; HUMBOLDT CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERU;

EID: 84886566865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20328     Document Type: Article

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