Decomposing observations of high-frequency radar-derived surface currents by their forcing mechanisms: Decomposition techniques and spatial structures of decomposed surface currents

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Kim, Sung Yong ^a   Cornuelle, Bruce D ^b   Terrill, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FREQUENCY BANDS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; RADAR; TIDES; WHITE NOISE; WIND;

BAND ENERGY; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; COASTAL REGIONS; DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUE; DECORRELATIONS; DRIVING FORCES; GAUSSIANS; HIGH-FREQUENCY RADAR; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; LENGTH SCALE; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW FREQUENCY BAND; OCEAN RESPONSE; SAN DIEGO; SIGNAL BAND; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL DECOMPOSITION; SURFACE CURRENT; WEIGHTED LEAST SQUARES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; COASTAL ZONE; CURRENT; GAUSSIAN METHOD; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; RADAR IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL CURRENT; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649996511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006222     Document Type: Article

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