Flux comparison of Eulerian and Lagrangian estimates of Agulhas leakage: A case study using a numerical model

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 319-327

  van Sebille, Erik ^a   van Leeuwen, Peter Jan ^a   Biastoch, Arne ^b   de Ruijter, Wilhelmus P M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agulhas leakage; Eddy formation; Interocean exchange; Model validation; Mooring array design; Numerical lagrangian drifters

Indexed keywords

ARRAY DESIGN; EDDY FORMATION; EXCHANGE MODELS; LAGRANGIAN DRIFTERS; LEAKAGE EDDY;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LINEAR REGRESSION; MOORING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINE WATER; TIME SERIES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EULERIAN ANALYSIS; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LEAKAGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOLUTION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; THRESHOLD; WATER COLUMN; WATER FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE BASIN;

EID: 77649190770     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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