Exploring the mesoscale activity in the Solomon Sea: A complementary approach with a numerical model and altimetric data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2290-2311

  Gourdeau, L ^a   Verron, J ^b   Melet, A ^a   Kessler, W ^c   Marin, F ^a   Djath, B ^b  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

high resolution modeling; mesoscale; tropical Pacific; western boundary current

Indexed keywords

KINETICS;

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; MESOSCALE; REGIONAL CIRCULATION; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENTS; TROPICAL PACIFIC; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

MODULATION;

ALTIMETRY; ANTICYCLONE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; KINETIC ENERGY; LA NINA; MESOSCALE MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

CORAL SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON SEA; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT;

EID: 84900542178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009614     Document Type: Article

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