Lagrangian H/U3 values computed around fronts using a fine-resolution numerical model and ferryboat-monitored SST dataset

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2575-2586

  Sun, Youn Jong ^a,b   Isobe, Atsuhiko ^a,c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Geo System Research   (South Korea)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL VALUES; CURRENT AMPLITUDES; DATA SETS; EFFICIENCY FACTORS; EULERIAN; FINITE VOLUMES; LAGRANGIAN; LOCAL MAXIMUM; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEAN MODELS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; SIMPSON; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER DEPTHS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEAWATER;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC FRONT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TIDAL CURRENT; VERTICAL MIXING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; SETO INLAND SEA;

EID: 65549123564     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3839.1     Document Type: Article

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