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Candela et al. 2002
Candela, J., Sheinbaum, J., Ochoa, J., Badan, A. and Leben, R. (2002). The potential vorticity flux through the Yucatan Channel and the Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico. Geophysical Research Letters 29: doi: 10.1029/2002GL015587. issn: 0094-8276.

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.

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Oceanography, Physical, Eddies and mesoscale processes, Oceanography, Physical, Currents, Oceanography, General, Marginal and semienclosed seas, Exploration Geophysics, Remote sensing
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Geophysical Research Letters
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