Drifter dispersion in the Adriatic Sea: Lagrangian data and chaotic model

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 121-129

  Lacorata, G ^a,b,c   Aurell, E ^d   Vulpiani, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Oceanography: General (marginal and semiclosed seas); Oceanography: Physical (turbulence, diffusion, and mixing processes; upper ocean processes)

Indexed keywords

EID: 5944248693     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-121-2001     Document Type: Article

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