Long live anticyclonic eddies generated in the Canary Islands during 1998 as observed by infrared and altimeter satellite data

Author

García-Weil, L. ; Lugue-Solheim, A. ; Tejera-Cruz, A. ; Bergasa-López, O.

Author_Institution

Dpto. de Fisica, Univ. de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Volume

5

fYear

2003

fDate

2003

Firstpage

3398

Abstract

This work reveals that the number and strength of Canary Island mesoscale eddies is higher during the second semester of 1998 year and it is dominated by long lived (>6 months) and big size (>150 km) anticyclonic eddies, propagating westward hundreds of kilometers (>500 km) from the place they were generated. This prevalence of anticyclones could be motivated by the mutual influence of mesoscale eddies. This interaction is documented showing the coalescence during October 1998 of various anticyclonic eddies of different sizes, strengths and stages of development.

Keywords

atmospheric movements; meteorology; AD 1998 10; Canary Island mesoscale eddies; Canary Islands; altimeter satellite data; anticyclonic eddies; infrared satellite data; long live anticyclonic eddies; mesoscale eddies; Brightness temperature; Data processing; Evolution (biology); Image resolution; Layout; Ocean temperature; Remote sensing; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sea surface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7929-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294795

Filename

1294795