Recovering spatial features in the ocean: Performance of isopycnal vs. isobaric analysis

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 205-224

  Gomis, Damià ^a,b   Pedder, Michael A ^c   Viúdez, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(Spatial) objective analysis; Isopycnal analysis

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; ISOPYCNICS; OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL FEATURES;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, ALBORAN SEA;

EID: 0030781488     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(96)00116-9     Document Type: Article

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