Investigation of vertical and horizontal momentum transfer in the Gulf of Mexico using empirical mode decomposition method

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1383-1402

  Lai, Ronald J ^a   Huang, Norden ^b  

^a MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COASTAL ZONES; CORRELATION METHODS; EDDY CURRENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES;

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; CROSS-CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYCLONIC EDDIES; EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSITION METHOD; HILBERT-HUANG TRANSFORMATION (HHT); LOOP CURRENT EDDIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MESOSCALE EDDY; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 25444433617     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2755.1     Document Type: Article

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