On the predictability of Lagrangian trajectories in the ocean

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 366-383

  Özgökmen, Tamay M ^a   Griffa, Annalisa ^a,c   Mariano, Arthur J ^a   Piterbarg, Leonid I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIFTER; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; PARTICLE MOTION; PREDICTION; TRAJECTORY;

EID: 0342313603     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2000)017<0366:OTPOLT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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