Lagrangian and Eulerian observations of the surface circulation in the Tyrrhenian sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Rinaldi, E ^a   Nardelli, B Buongiorno ^a   Zambianchi, E ^b   Santoleri, R ^a   Poulain, P M ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; REMOTE SENSING;

ALTIMETER DATA; ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; COMPLEX PATTERN; DATA SETS; EULERIAN; EULERIAN STATISTICS; FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; JOINT ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MEAN FLOW; NEAR-SURFACE; RECIRCULATIONS; RESAMPLING; SUBBASINS; SURFACE CIRCULATION; SURFACE DRIFTER; TIME AVERAGING; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; TYRRHENIAN SEA; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ALTIMETER; ANTICYCLONE; DRIFTER; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE LAYER; TRAJECTORY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 77953564686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005535     Document Type: Article

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