Two modes of Gulf Stream variability revealed in the last two decades of satellite altimeter data

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 149-163

  Pérez Hernández, M Dolores ^a   Joyce, Terrence M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Atlantic Ocean; Boundary currents; Circulation Dynamics; Empirical orthogonal functions; Indices; Mathematical and statistical techniques; Observational techniques and algorithms; Ocean dynamics

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; INDICES; OCEAN DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; SEA LEVEL;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ALGORITHM; BOUNDARY CURRENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

EID: 84892667611     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0136.1     Document Type: Article

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