Caspian Sea surface circulation variability inferred from satellite altimeter and sea surface temperature

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1420-1430

  Gunduz, Murat ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

altimeter; Caspian Sea; surface circulation

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL;

ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; CASPIAN SEA; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MEAN DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHIES; SATELLITE-DERIVED OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SURFACE CIRCULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTICYCLONE; EDDY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CASPIAN SEA;

EID: 84900377973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009558     Document Type: Article

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