Lagrangian methods for flow climatologies and trajectory error assessment

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 335-358

  Valdivieso Da Costa, Maria ^a   Blanke, Bruno ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW VELOCITY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; RESOLUTION; TRAJECTORY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0346396097     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1463-5003(03)00023-4     Document Type: Article

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