The evolution and propagation of quasigeostrophic ocean eddies

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1535-1555

  Early, Jeffrey J ^a   Samelson, R M ^a   Chelton, Dudley B ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddies; Ocean circulation; Quasigeostrophic models; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT FLUIDS; EDDIES; GAUSSIANS; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; INNER CORE; LENGTH SCALE; LONG-TERM EVOLUTION; MESOSCALE EDDY; NON-LINEAR MODEL; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN EDDIES; PROPAGATION SPEED; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC THEORY; RELATIVE VORTICITY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SHALLOW-WATER MODELS; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; WESTWARD FLOW;

ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLUIDS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; SATELLITES; SPECTRAL DENSITY; STORMS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EDDY; GRAVITY FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SHALLOW WATER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052363225     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JPO4601.1     Document Type: Article

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