The degree of anisotropy for mid-ocean currents from satellite observations and an eddy-permitting model simulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Huang, Huei Ping ^a   Kaplan, Alexey ^a   Curchitser, Enrique N ^b   Maximenko, Nikolai A ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FLOW OF WATER; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; ZONAL FLOW;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 36249023601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004105     Document Type: Article

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