Statistics from Lagrangian observations

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-29

  LaCasce, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Absolute and relative dispersion; Drifters; Floats; Lagrangian statistics

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; TOPOGRAPHY; VORTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; EDDY HEAT FLUXES; EULERIAN INTEGRAL SCALES; RELATIVE VORTICITY; SINGLE PARTICLE STATISTICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DISPERSION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EDDY; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; HEAT FLUX; OCEAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; STRATOSPHERE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 42749091797     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2008.02.002     Document Type: Review

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