An algorithm to detect isolated anomalies in three-dimensional stratified data fields with an application to density fields from four deep basins of the Baltic Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Reißmann, Jan H ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FLOW PATTERNS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WATER WAVES;

ALGORITHM; DETECTION METHOD; STRATIFIED FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 31644440863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC002885     Document Type: Article

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