A tale of two eddies: Diagnosing coherent eddies through acoustic remote sensing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Rossby, T ^a   Flagg, C ^b   Ortner, P ^c   Hu, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; DOPPLER EFFECT; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STORMS; VORTICITY;

A-DENSITY; ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER; ACOUSTIC REMOTE SENSING; BACKSCATTER INTENSITY; CORIOLIS PARAMETER; CRUISE VESSELS; CYCLONIC EDDY; DENSITY STRUCTURES; GEOPOTENTIALS; MOMENTUM EQUATION; NEW JERSEY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; RELATIVE VORTICITY; SCATTERING LAYER; VESSEL-MOUNTED ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ANTICYCLONE; BACKSCATTER; CORIOLIS FORCE; CYCLONE; EDDY; GEOPOTENTIAL; KINETIC ENERGY; MOMENTUM; POTENTIAL ENERGY; REMOTE SENSING; THERMOCLINE; VESSEL; VORTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 84055221838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007307     Document Type: Article

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