Lagrangian flow in the California Undercurrent, an observation and model comparison

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 201-220

  Garfield, Newell ^a   Maltrud, Mathew E ^b   Collins, Curtis A ^c   Rago, Thomas A ^c   Paquette, Robert G ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

California Undercurrent; Eddy field; Lagrangian flow

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; KINETIC ENERGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SUBSURFACE FLOWS;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

CURRENT; EDDY; FLOW; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 0034951813     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(01)00017-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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