An altimetry-based gravest empirical mode south of Africa: 1. Development and validation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Swart, Sebastiaan ^a   Speich, Sabrina ^b   Ansorge, Isabelle J ^a   Lutjeharms, Johann R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ABSOLUTE DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; BAROCLINIC; CONTINUOUS TIME; DYNAMIC NATURE; GRAVEST EMPIRICAL MODES; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; OBSERVED DATA; PARAMETERIZED; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ERRORS; SALINITY FIELDS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY DATA; STREAMFUNCTIONS; TEMPERATURE VARIANCE; THERMOHALINE; TOTAL DENSITY; VELOCITY FIELD; WATER COLUMNS;

GEMS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; BAROCLINIC MOTION; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TIME SERIES; WATER COLUMN;

AFRICA;

EID: 77953599270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005299     Document Type: Article

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