Relative dispersion from a high-resolution coastal model of the Adriatic Sea

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 48-65

  Haza, Angelique C ^a   Poje, Andrew C ^b   Özgökmen, Tamay M ^a   Martin, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VELOCITY; LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

FINITE-SCALE LYAPUNOV EXPONENT; RELATIVE DISPERSION;

COASTAL ZONES;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL ZONE; DISPERSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 41649097337     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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