Vertical velocity from LADCP data

2011 IEEE/OES/CWTM 10th Working Conference on Current, Waves and Turbulence Measurement, CWTM 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 198-204

  Thurnherr, A M ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; BIOGEOCHEMICAL TRACERS; EXTERNAL CONSTRAINTS; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; LOWERED ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; OCEAN DYNAMICS; OCEAN VELOCITY; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; VELOCITY PROFILES; VERTICAL SHEAR; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

DATA HANDLING; DOPPLER EFFECT; OCEANOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 79956347559     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CWTM.2011.5759552     Document Type: Conference Paper

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