Estimating eddy heat flux from float data in the North Atlantic: The impact of temporal sampling interval

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 923-934

  Chinn, Brian S ^a   Gille, Sarah T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAMPLING;

EDDY HEAT FLUXES; POP-UP FLOATS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAMPLING;

EDDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT FLUX; MAPPING; MODELING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34250374441     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH2057.1     Document Type: Article

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