Spatial structure of anticyclonic eddies in the Algerian basin (Mediterranean Sea) analyzed using the Okubo-Weiss parameter

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 25-26 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 3009-3028

  Isern Fontanet, Jordi ^a   Font, Jordi ^a   García Ladona, Emilio ^a   Emelianov, Mikhail ^a   Millot, Claude ^b   Taupier Letage, Isabelle ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b F   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; SPATIAL STRUCTURES;

DATA ACQUISITION; DEFORMATION; IN SITU PROCESSING; OCEANOGRAPHY; TRAJECTORIES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

STORMS;

ANTICYCLONE; MESOSCALE EDDY; VORTICITY;

ALGERIAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 9944225233     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.09.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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