Altimeter-Derived Loop Current Metrics

Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico: Observations and Models

Volumn 161, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-201

  Leben, Robert R ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS;

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LOOP CURRENT EDDIES; LOW FREQUENCY POWER; ME-XICO; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE IMAGERY; THERMAL CONTRASTS;

SEPARATION;

EID: 84954211844     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/161GM15     Document Type: Chapter

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