Diagnosis of vertical velocities with the QG omega equation: An examination of the errors due to sampling strategy

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 315-346

  Allen, J T ^a   Smeed, D A ^a   Nurser, A J G ^a   Zhang, J W ^a   Rixen, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Baroclinic instability; Environmental surveys; Frontogenesis; Fronts; Mesoscale eddies; Ocean circulation

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; VELOCITY; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 0035218531     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(00)00035-2     Document Type: Article

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