Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002georl..29v..16c&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 29, Issue 22, pp. 16-1, CiteID 2059, DOI 10.1029/2002GL015587
Physics
Geophysics
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Oceanography: Physical: Eddies And Mesoscale Processes, Oceanography: Physical: Currents, Oceanography: General: Marginal And Semienclosed Seas, Exploration Geophysics: Remote Sensing
Scientific paper
Two-year-long time series of current and density structure measurements across the Yucatan Channel's main section allow the calculation of the time-dependent potential vorticity flux between the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, which is characterized by alternating periods of positive (cyclonic) and negative (anti-cyclonic) vorticity influx. Periods of negative cumulative vorticity influx are related to the Loop Current extending into the Gulf of Mexico, whereas periods of positive cumulative vorticity influx relate to a Loop Current retraction, sometimes coincident with the shedding of an anti-cyclonic eddy.
Badan Antoine
Candela Julio
Leben Robert
Ochoa José
Sheinbaum Julio
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