Lagrangian data in a high-resolution numerical simulation of the North Atlantic I. Comparison with in situ drifter data

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 157-176

  Garraffo, Zulema D ^a   Mariano, Arthur J ^a   Griffa, Annalisa ^a,b   Veneziani, Carmela ^a   Chassignet, Eric P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eddy kinetic energy; Lagrangian data; Mean velocity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY CURRENTS; KINETIC ENERGY;

SURFACE DRIFTERS;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

DRIFTER; KINETIC ENERGY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; VELOCITY;

EID: 0034951812     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(01)00015-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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