Cyclonic eddies in the Gulf of Mexico: Observations by underwater gliders and simulations by numerical model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 313-326

  Rudnick, Daniel L ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh ^a   Cornuelle, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation Dynamics; Currents; Data assimilation; Eddies; In situ oceanic observations; Mesoscale processes; Models and modeling; Observational techniques and algorithms; Ocean models

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE WATERS; VELOCITY;

DATA ASSIMILATION; EDDIES; MESOSCALE PROCESS; OCEAN MODEL; SITU OCEANIC OBSERVATIONS;

FORECASTING;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; EDDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLIDING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84920913874     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0138.1     Document Type: Article

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