Complex EOF analysis as a method to separate barotropic and baroclinic velocity structure in shallow water

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 808-821

  Edwards, Catherine R ^a   Seim, Harvey E ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DAMPING; DRAG REDUCTION; DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; METAL CLADDING; METEOROLOGY; NANOFLUIDICS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; SEPARATION; TIDES; WATER ANALYSIS;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); APPLIED (CO); BAROCLINIC; BAROCLINIC MODES; BAROCLINIC TIDAL; BAROTROPIC; BAROTROPIC TIDES; BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER (BBL); EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION (EOF) ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION (EOF-1); FRICTIONAL EFFECTS; HIGHER MODES; INTERNAL STRUCTURES; INTERNAL TIDES; MEASURED CURRENTS; MEASURED DATA; MODES OF MOTION; SHALLOW WATERS; SOUTH ATLANTIC; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIDAL DYNAMICS; TIDAL ENVIRONMENTS; TIDAL FLOWS; VELOCITY STRUCTURES; VERTICAL DEPTH; WATER COLUMN (WC);

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BAROTROPIC MOTION; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; INTERNAL TIDE; SHALLOW WATER; TIDAL CURRENT; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 45849119492     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHO562.1     Document Type: Article

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