A self-contained identification scheme for eddies in drifter and float trajectories

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1583-1592

  Lankhorst, Matthias ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEAR FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

FLOAT TRAJECTORIES; LAGRANGIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM; OCEANIC MOTIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEAR FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

DATA SET; DRIFTER; EDDY; FIELD SURVEY; FLOATING BOOM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; STOCHASTICITY; VORTICITY;

EID: 33845614867     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1931.1     Document Type: Article

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