Deep-Water Exchange Between the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico

Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico: Observations and Models

Volumn 161, Issue , 2013, Pages 263-278

  Sturges, Wilton ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocean circulation Mexico, Gulf of Mathematical models; Ocean circulation Mexico, Gulf of Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING;

CARIBBEAN SEA; DEEP WATER EXCHANGE; GULF OF MEXICO; MASS BALANCE; ME-XICO; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SALINITY GRADIENTS; VERTICAL SHEAR;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84954202610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/161GM019     Document Type: Chapter

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