Surface circulation and kinetic energy in the SW Atlantic obtained by drifters

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-157

  Assireu, Arcilan T ^a   Stevenson, Merritt R ^a,b   Stech, José L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drifters; Kinetic energy; Oceanic eddies; Spectral analysis; Surface circulation

Indexed keywords

DRIFTER; KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037252723     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(02)00190-5     Document Type: Article

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