Loop Current Eddy interaction with the western boundary in the Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2223-2237

  Frolov, S A ^a   Sutyrin, G G ^b   Rowe, G D ^a   Rothstein, L M ^a,b  

^a Accurate Environ Forecasting Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STORMS; STRETCHING; TOPOLOGY;

CYCLIC MOTION; LOOP CURRENT EDDY (LCE); TOPOGRAPHY;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTICYCLONE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MESOSCALE EDDY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 8744263739     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<2223:LCEIWT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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