An estimate of lagrangian Eddy statistics and diffusion in the mixed layer of the Southern Ocean

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 441-463

  Sallee J B ^a   Speer, Kevin ^b   Morrow, R ^a   Lumpkin, R ^c  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; BAROCLINIC MOTION; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CURRENT VELOCITY; EDDY; EKMAN LAYER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TOPOGRAPHY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 59349118921     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224008787157458     Document Type: Article

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