An inverse model for calculation of global volume transport from wind and hydrographic data

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 65, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 376-399

  Chu, Peter C ^a   Fan, Chenwu ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Density driven circulation; Depth integrated velocity; Inverse model; P vector; Poisson equation; Volume transport streamfunction; Volume transport vorticity; Wind driven circulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

DENSITY-DRIVEN CIRCULATION; DEPTH-INTEGRATED VELOCITY; P-VECTOR; VOLUME TRANSPORT STREAMFUNCTION; VOLUME TRANSPORT VORTICITY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DENSITY CURRENT; DEPTH; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; INTERPOLATION; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POISSON RATIO; VECTOR; VOLUME TRANSPORT; VORTICITY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 33846895630     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.06.010     Document Type: Article

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