Relationship between ocean velocity and motionally induced electrical signals: 2. In the presence of sloping topography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Szuts, Zoltan B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LOCATION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRESSURE DROP; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

ELECTRIC RESPONSE; ELECTRICAL SIGNAL; ESTIMATED ERROR; FIRST ORDER; FIRST-ORDER THEORIES; HALF-WIDTH; INDUCED ELECTRIC FIELDS; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; MEAN WATER DEPTH; MEASUREMENT LOCATIONS; NON-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; OCEAN VELOCITY; SEDIMENT CONDUCTIVITY; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SMALL PERTURBATIONS; TOPOGRAPHIC SLOPE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PERTURBATION; TWO-LAYER OCEAN; VELOCITY ERRORS; VERTICAL DIMENSIONS; WATER DEPTH;

ASPECT RATIO;

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOMETRY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PERTURBATION; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 77954497628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC006054     Document Type: Article

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