How do albatrosses fly around the world without flapping their wings?

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 88, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 46-58

  Richardson, Philip L ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC SOARING; DYNAMICAL MODEL; ENERGY GAIN; ESSENTIAL DYNAMICS; FLY-AROUND; LIGHT WIND; LONG DISTANCES; POLAR DIAGRAMS; RAYLEIGH; SHEAR LAYER; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TOTAL ENERGY; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; WAVE CREST; WIND FIELD; WIND SHEARS; WIND SPEED; WIND VELOCITIES;

VELOCITY;

SHEAR FLOW;

FLY; SEABIRD; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; WIND POWER; WIND SHEAR; WIND VELOCITY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

AVES; DIOMEDEIDAE;

EID: 79551471971     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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