摘要： The observed seasonal preferences of Loop Current eddy shedding, more in summer and winter and less in fall and spring, are shown for the first time to be due to a curious combination of forcing by the seasonal winds in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. The conditions are favorable for the Loop to shed eddies in summer and winter when strong trade winds in the Caribbean produce large Yucatan transport and Loop's intrusion, and concurrently when weak easterlies in the Gulf offer little impediment to eddy shedding. The conditions are less favorable in fall and spring as the trade winds and Yucatan transport weaken, and the strengthening of the Gulf's easterlies impedes shedding. Key Points The observed seasonal preferences of Loop Current eddy shedding, more in summer The preference is forced, instead of the natural shedding It is due to the be due to a curious combination of forcing by the seasonal wind 其他題名： Geophys. Res. Lett 出版者： Washington, DC: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 出版日期： 2012-03 出處： Geophysical research letters, 2012-03, Vol.39 (5), p.n/a 資源來源： Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Journals 版權： Copyright 2012 by the American Geophysical Union 版權： 2015 INIST-CNRS 識別號： ISSN: 0094-8276 識別號： EISSN: 1944-8007 識別號： DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050773 識別號： CODEN: GPRLAJ
