Surface drifter pair spreading in the North Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Lumpkin, Rick ^a   Elipot, Shane ^b  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULICS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

DIFFUSIVITIES; ENSTROPHY; GULF STREAM REGION; LOCAL DEFORMATIONS; LYAPUNOV EXPONENT; NORTH ATLANTIC; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC TURBULENCE; RANDOM WALK; RELATIVE DISPERSION; RICHARDSON; SEPARATION DISTANCES; SURFACE DRIFTER; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WATER DYNAMICS; WAVENUMBER SPECTRA;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DRIFTER; EDDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURFACE LAYER; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

EID: 78649999638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006338     Document Type: Article

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