Transport properties in small-scale coastal flows: Relative dispersion from VHF radar measurements in the Gulf of la Spezia

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 861-882

  Haza, Angelique C ^a   Özgökmen, Tamay M ^a   Griffa, Annalisa ^a,b   Molcard, Anne ^c   Poulain, Pierre Marie ^d   Peggion, Germana ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal turbulence; FSLE; Lagrangian coherent structures; Relative dispersion; VHF radar

Indexed keywords

COASTAL TURBULENCE; FSLE; LAGRANGIAN COHERENT STRUCTURES; RELATIVE DISPERSION; VHF RADAR;

DISPERSIONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADAR; RADAR SYSTEMS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TURBULENCE;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MAGNITUDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADAR; RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LA SPEZIA GULF; LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77956227171     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-010-0301-7     Document Type: Article

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