Altimetry and drifter data assimilations of loop current and eddies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Lin, X H ^a   Oey, L Y ^a   Wang, D P ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; INTERPOLATION; MOORING; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ALTIMETRY; CORRELATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DRIFTER; EDDY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; PRESSURE FIELD; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 41049107138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003779     Document Type: Article

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