Satellite-tracked drifter measurements of inertial currents in the gulf of Mexico

Proceedings of the IEEE Working Conference on Current Measurement Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 285-288

  Anderson, Steven P ^a   Sharma, Neha ^a  

^a HORIZON MARINE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SATELLITES; STANDARDS; STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING; TECHNOLOGY; WAVE EFFECTS; WIND POWER; WINGS;

DRIFTER TRAJECTORIES; FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT; GPS RECEIVERS; GULF OF MEXICO; LARGE GRADIENTS; LOOP CURRENT; MESO-SCALE; MESOSCALE VARIABILITY; MIXED LAYERING; MONITORING PROGRAMS; NEAR-INERTIAL ENERGY; ON CURRENTS; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENTS;

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT;

EID: 50249087526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCM.2008.4480882     Document Type: Conference Paper

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