Vortex waves and vertical motion in a mesoscale cyclonic eddy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5609-5624

  Nardelli, Bruno Buongiorno ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lagragian trajectories; mesoscale dynamics; observations; oceanic eddies; vertical motion; vortex waves

Indexed keywords

VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

AZIMUTHAL OSCILLATIONS; COMBINED MEASUREMENTS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MESOSCALE; OBSERVATIONS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; OCEANIC EDDIES; VERTICAL MOTIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBON CYCLE; CYCLONE; DATA SET; EUPHOTIC ZONE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; VORTEX; VORTICITY;

EID: 84890287900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20345     Document Type: Article

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