Yucatan Current transport derived from Satellite Altimetry observations from 1992-10-14 to 2016-11-30 (NCEI Accession 0159420)

The Yucatan Current flows from the Caribbean Sea into the Gulf of Mexico, carrying the warm upper limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and part of the return flow from the wind-driven subtropical gyre circulation in the North Atlantic. Estimates of the Yucatan Current transport ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gustavo Goni
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2017
Subjects:
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
0159420
159420
satellite sensor - altimeter
satellite data
MULTIPLE SHIPS
Gulf of Mexico
oceanography
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://search.dataone.org/view/{7A34C2E1-3BA3-4129-8FE4-54741F7E1B59}
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Summary:The Yucatan Current flows from the Caribbean Sea into the Gulf of Mexico, carrying the warm upper limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and part of the return flow from the wind-driven subtropical gyre circulation in the North Atlantic. Estimates of the Yucatan Current transport are carried out by NOAA/AOML using satellite altimetry data as part of a suite of key ocean indicators and indexes that are computed at AOML using hydrographic and satellite observations. For more information, please visit: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/indexes/index.php

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