Observations of submesoscale eddies using high-frequency radar-derived kinematic and dynamic quantities

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1639-1655

  Kim, Sung Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy detection; High frequency radar; Optimal interpolation; Submesoscale eddy; Surface current

Indexed keywords

EPISODIC EVENT; FLOW PATTERN; INTERPOLATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; RADAR IMAGERY; ROSSBY NUMBER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VELOCITY PROFILE; WIND PROFILE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955772041     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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