Eddies and an extreme water mass anomaly observed in the eastern south Pacific at the Stratus mooring

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1068-1083

  Stramma, Lothar ^a   Weller, Robert A ^b   Czeschel, Rena ^a   Bigorre, Sebastien ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

anticyclonic eddy; deoxygenation; oxygen anomaly; Stratus mooring

Indexed keywords

MOORING; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN;

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; DEOXYGENATIONS; EASTERN SOUTH-PACIFIC; HIGH ROTATIONAL SPEED; PROPAGATION VELOCITIES; SEA-SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALIES; WATER CHARACTERISTICS; WATER-MASS PROPERTIES;

CLOUDS;

ANTICYCLONE; EDDY; GYRE; MOORING SYSTEM; OPEN WATER; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; THERMOCLINE; TRANSITION ZONE; WATER MASS;

CHILE; PACIFIC COAST [CHILE]; PACIFIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 84900373870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009470     Document Type: Article

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