Oceanic turbulence and stochastic models from subsurface Lagrangian data for the northwest Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1884-1906

  Veneziani, Milena ^a   Griffa, Annalisa ^a,b   Reynolds, Andy M ^c   Mariano, Arthur J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE TURBULENCE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION; SPIN PARAMETERS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

DATA REDUCTION; DIFFUSION; OCEAN CURRENTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROTATIONAL FLOW; TRAJECTORIES; TURBULENCE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CURRENT VELOCITY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE EDDY; MODELING; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 2942680158     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<1884:OTASMF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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