Combining altimeter and subsurface float data to estimate the time-averaged circulation in the upper ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Willis, Josh K ^a   Fu, Lee Lueng ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIO ALTIMETERS; VELOCITY;

ALTIMETER; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SUBSURFACE FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPPER OCEAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 61849185025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004690     Document Type: Article

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