A test, using atmospheric data, of a method for estimating oceanic eddy diffusivity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 4213-4216

  Kushner, Paul J ^a   Held, Isaac M ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIVITY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MESOSCALE EDDY; MODELING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

CLIMATOLOGY; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPOSPHERE; SURFACE WATERS;

OCEANIC EDDY DIFFUSIVITY;

OCEAN CURRENTS; DIFFUSION;

ATMOSPHERIC DATA; ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS DATA; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STREAMFUNCTIONS;

EID: 0032208176     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900142     Document Type: Article

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