Northern Current variability and its impact on the Blanes Canyon circulation: A numerical study

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 61-70

  Ahumada Sempoal, M A ^a   Flexas, M M ^b,f   Bernardello, R ^c   Bahamon, N ^d   Cruzado, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAR   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^e Oceans Catalonia International SL   (Spain)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D NUMERICAL MODELING; ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CURRENT VARIABILITY; MESOSCALE VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL VARIABILITY; UPWELLING/DOWNWELLING;

SUBMARINES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTICYCLONE; CLIMATOLOGY; DOWNWELLING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPWELLING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84888060645     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.07.030     Document Type: Article

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