Stirring in the global surface ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Waugh, Darryn W ^a   Abraham, Edward R ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dragonfly   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STRAIN RATE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL TRACERS; EDDY KINETIC ENERGIES; GLOBAL SURFACES; GLOBAL VARIATIONS; HIGH STRAIN RATES; INTEGRATION TIMES; LYAPUNOV EXPONENTS; MEAN STRAINS; MESOSCALE ACTIVITIES; NON UNIFORMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRIES; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITIES; SURFACE OCEANS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

GLOBAL OCEAN; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEANIC CURRENT; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; STRAIN RATE;

EID: 58249088323     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035526     Document Type: Article

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