Wavenumber spectrum in the Gulf stream from shipboard ADCP observations and comparison with altimetry measurements

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 840-844

  Wang, Dong Ping ^a   Flagg, Charles N ^a   Donohue, Kathleen ^b   Rossby, H Thomas ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ALTIMETRIC VELOCITIES; ENERGY LEVEL; GEOSTROPHIC TURBULENCE; GULF STREAM; GULF STREAM REGION; MESO SCALE; NATURE OF SURFACE; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC THEORY; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC TURBULENCE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT MEASUREMENTS; TEMPERATURE SPECTRA; VELOCITY SPECTRUM; WAVENUMBER SPECTRA;

DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; HYDRAULICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TURBULENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

VELOCITY;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TURBULENCE; WAVE SPECTRUM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

NERIUM;

EID: 77953241259     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4330.1     Document Type: Article

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