Lagrangian predictability assessed in the East China Sea

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 163-178

  Huntley, Helga S ^a   Lipphardt, B L ^a   Kirwan, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drifter observations; East China Sea; Lagrangian predictability; Model validation; Trajectory forecasts

Indexed keywords

DRIFTER OBSERVATIONS; EAST CHINA SEA; ERROR ESTIMATES; GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS; HINDCASTS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; KUROSHIO; LAGRANGIAN; LAUNCH LOCATION; MODEL ERRORS; MODEL VALIDATION; OCEAN MODEL; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SKILL ASSESSMENT; SKILL METRIC; SPACE AND TIME; SURFACE DRIFTER; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIME AND SPACE; TIME STEP; TRAJECTORY PREDICTION; US NAVY;

COARSENING; FORECASTING; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LAUNCHING; OCEAN CURRENTS; RATING; ROCKETS; TIDES;

TRAJECTORIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DIRECTION; CURRENT VELOCITY; DRIFTER; ERROR ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CURRENT; PREDICTION;

EAST CHINA SEA; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 78649911423     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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