Dominant spatial variability scales from observations around the Hawaiian Islands

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 979-987

  Matthews, Dax ^a   Powell, Brian ^a   Milliff, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NorthWest Research Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hawaiian Islands; Length scales; Mesoscale variability

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MODE; DATA ASSIMILATION; EDDY ACTIVITY; GENERATION MECHANISM; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; HORIZONTAL VARIABILITY; LENGTH SCALE; MESOSCALE VARIABILITY; NORTH PACIFIC; OPTIMAL INTERPOLATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEAGLIDERS; SEMIVARIOGRAMS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; TEMPERATURE DATA; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE;

DATA PROCESSING;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DOMINANCE; EDDY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION METHOD; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS;

EID: 80051926182     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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