Interannual variability of the subsurface eddy field in the Southeast Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4907-4924

  Combes, Vincent ^a   Hormazabal, Samuel ^b   Di Lorenzo, Emanuele ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; intrathermocline eddies; ocean modeling; Peru Chile undercurrent

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTICYCLONE; BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; CYCLONE; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; THERMOCLINE; UNDERCURRENT; UPWELLING; VORTICITY; WATER DEPTH;

CHILE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); PERU;

EID: 84939258410     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010265     Document Type: Article

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